CPJ calls on Mauritania to release blogger who faces death penalty
November 11, 2016 President Mohamed Ould Abdel AzizIslamic Republic of MauritaniaMinistère du Secrétariat Général à la Présidence B.P.184 Nouakchott, Mauritanie Fax: +222 525 85 52 Dear President Abdel...
View ArticleMauritania cracks down on critical press after referendum
The Mauritanian Radio and Television Broadcast Authority today ordered Mauritania’s five privately owned news stations to shut down for “failing to fulfil their financial agreements” with the...
View ArticleMauritanian authorities change legal code, could retry Mohamed Cheikh Ould...
New York, November 20, 2017–Mauritanian authorities on November 16 approved an amendment to the country’s penal code that could allow courts to retroactively retry freelance blogger Mohamed Cheikh...
View ArticleMauritania’s president must ensure blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed...
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Islamic Republic of Mauritania Ministère du Secrétariat Général à la Présidence B.P.184 Nouakchott, Mauritania via Fax: +222 525 85 52 December 6, 2017 Dear President...
View ArticleIn Mauritania, 2 journalists jailed for a week on criminal defamation complaint
The editor-chief and the publisher, respectively, of two independent Mauritanian news websites were arrested on August 8, 2018, and held for a week on criminal defamation charges, according to news...
View ArticleCPJ calls on Mauritania government to release blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould...
H.E. Mohamedoun Daddah Head of Mission Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 2129 Leroy Place NW Washington, DC 20008 February 20, 2019 Sent via email: ambarimwash@gmail.com Dear Mr. Daddah, I...
View ArticleMauritania jails bloggers Abderrahmane Weddady and Cheikh Ould Jiddou on...
New York, March 28, 2019 — Mauritanian authorities should immediately release bloggers Abderrahmane Weddady and Cheikh Ould Jiddou and stop detaining journalists on false news charges, the Committee...
View ArticleTwo journalists arrested, internet shut down amid disputed election in...
New York, July 3, 2019 — Mauritanian authorities should immediately release journalists Seydi Moussa Camara and Ahmedou Ould al-Wadea, restore internet access throughout the country, and allow...
View ArticleMauritania finally frees blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed
Washington D.C., July 30, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed relief that Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed is free and safely out of the country. Mohamed was...
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Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here...
In early February 2011, Alaa Abdelfattah was in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, documenting and participating in the nascent pro-democracy uprising that would topple the government and transform the country...
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