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Burkina Faso urged to avoid curbs on security reporting

Published on: Wednesday 03 July 2019

Burkina Faso urged to avoid curbs on security reporting DAKAR — A U.S.-based journalists’ rights group urged Burkina Faso’s government on Wednesday to nix a bill that would impose stiff prison sentences on media that “demoralize” security services battling a strengthening jihadist insurgency.


News source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/burkina-faso-urged-to-avoid-curbs-on-security-reporting

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