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<https://rsf.org/fr/actualites/rsf-sinquiete-de-la-candidature-rwandaise-la-tete-de-loif>
<https://rsf.org/fr/actualites/rsf-sinquiete-de-la-candidature-rwandaise-la-tete-de-loif>P
<https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-worried-rwandan-candidate-head-oif>ress release
<https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-worried-rwandan-candidate-head-oif>08.08.18COMOROS
   Comorian
journalist threatened by interior minister Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
condemns an unprecedented series of press freedom violations in recent
weeks in Comoros, including a threat by the interior minister to prosecute
a journalist over her coverage of a referendum on controversial
constitutional changes that was held on 30 July.The media in this Indian
Ocean archipelago now speak of the “Faïza affair
<https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/reunion/comores-au-nom-liberte-presse-615240.html>”
when referring to interior minister Mohamed Daoudou’s threat, in
an interview <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwkwFIbzLw> on 30 July, to
prosecute Faïza Soulé Youssouf, a reporter with the leading state-owned
daily Al-Watwan, for giving a “very bad image of the country” in
her referendum
<https://www.dw.com/en/yes-vote-in-comoros-referendum-gives-president-more-power/a-44914328>
coverage. In
an article
<https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/07/27/aux-comores-le-referendum-constitutionnel-de-tous-les-dangers_5336852_3212.html>
for
the French daily Le Monde three days before the referendum, Youssouf
reported the various criticisms of the constitutional amendments
<https://alwatwan.net/Projet%20r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rendaire%202018.pdf> that had
been voiced during the campaign. They allow President Azali Assoumani to
run for another term and define the Shafi’i form of Sunni Islam as the only
religion that is part of the country’s national identity. Daoudou also
condemned Youssouf’s live coverage of a physical attack on a gendarme in a
polling station in the capital, Moroni, on the day of referendum. Her
accreditation for covering the referendum was withdrawn a few hours
later. “We call on the interior minister to end this offensive against a
journalist who has just done her job, and to do what is necessary to halt
the unprecedented decline in press freedom in Comoros,” said Arnaud Froger,
the head of RSF’s Africa desk. “Until now, Comoros has been well regarded
in the region and in Africa, but now its image and the freedom to inform
are at stake.” Around 20 journalists
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpbugvR6PZU&feature=youtu.be> gathered on
Moroni’s Independence Square on 6 August in a show of support for Youssouf,
and several have set up a committee to defend press freedom. The
Francophone Press Union (UPF) has also issued statement voicing concern
about the “threats” and “harassment” to which the country’s journalists are
being subjected. When the gendarme’s alleged attackers were brought before
a judge in Moroni yesterday, HaYba FM reporter Abderemane Ahmed Ibrahim was
slapped by a gendarme for photographing their arrival at the court
house. Al-Watan director-general Ahmed Ali Amir was was fired by
presidential decree
<http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20180714-comores-voix-discordantes-limogees-moinour-ahmed-said>
on
12 July, less than three weeks before the referendum and shortly after he
published an editorial in which he said he thought that it was vital that
his “public service media outlet” should allow a “fruitful debate” about
the constitutional amendments. “The closer we came to referendum day, the
less the authorities tolerated any criticism,” Ali said when reached by
RSF. The interior minister has not responded to RSF’s phone calls and
texts.  Comoros is ranked 49th out of 180 countries in RSF's 2018 World
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<https://rsf.org/en/africa#alerteszone>LET'S STAY IN TOUCH, ACT NOW !
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