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Guinea sees 'press-free day' after journalist shot dead in clashes Guinea's media holds 'press-free day' over shooting of journalist in clashes
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Bare newsstands and silent radios marked an unprecedented press-free day in Guinea, in honour of journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo who was killed last week in political clashes. Bare newsstands and silent radios marked an unprecedented “press-free day” in Guinea, in honour of journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo, who was killed last week in political clashes. A coalition of press groups backed the media’s refusal to publish or broadcast to draw attention to the risks journalists take working in the west African nation.
The refusal to publish or broadcast by public and private media on Tuesday came as a coalition of press groups backed the halt, to draw attention to the risks journalists take working in the west African nation. Diallo, who worked for the private Guinee7 news website and the weekly L’Independant, died after being shot in the chest on Friday in clashes outside the offices of an opposition party in the capital Conakry. His face appeared on news websites’ homepages and various TV stations, with the message “Press-free day in Guinea. Justice for El Hadj Mohamed Diallo”.
Diallo, who worked for the private Guinee7 news website and the weekly L’Independant, died after being shot in the chest on Friday in clashes outside the offices of an opposition party in the capital Conakry. “We hope to draw the attention of Guinean authorities to the working conditions of journalists in this country,” said Nouhou Baldé, administrator of the news site Guinée Matin. “On several occasions I have had my journalists beaten by police while in the line of duty.”
His face appeared on news websites’ homepages and various TV stations, with the message “Press-free day in Guinea. Justice for El Hadj Mohamed Diallo”. The clashes in which Diallo was killed broke out over the recent removal of the opposition party’s vice-president. Both he and the party blamed the other for the subsequent unrest. Three hundred journalists, civil representatives and ordinary citizens marched to the justice ministry in Diallo’s memory on Monday.
“We hope to draw the attention of Guinean authorities to the working conditions of journalists in this country,” said Nouhou Baldé, administrator of the news site Guinée Matin.
“On several occasions I have had my journalists beaten by police while in the line of duty.”
The clashes in which Diallo was killed broke out over the recent removal of the opposition party’s vice-president. Both he and the party blamed the other for the subsequent unrest.
Three hundred journalists, civil representatives and ordinary citizens marched to the justice ministry in Diallo’s memory on Monday.
He was married with a young daughter, relatives said.He was married with a young daughter, relatives said.