In response to the ruling junta’s limitations on the press and the internet, private media and online outlets in the West African nation of Guinea on Tuesday began a one-day news boycott.
Written by Chris Muhizi Minembwe capital news 10:10 Nairobi Kenya Time.
A picture of two hands prying apart steel bars against a background of the national colors of red, yellow, and green was posted on Espace TV and Kalac TV with the caption “A Day Without Press” underneath.
Radio stations played a variety of somber music, and other news organizations presented graphic variants on the same theme.
Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, the minister of communications, has refuted claims that Afric Vision has been targeted or that the internet has been blocked.
Since 2021, when President Alpha Conde, the nation’s first freely elected leader, assumed office, the military has been in charge of the protractedly turbulent state.
The demonstration was announced on Monday after the occupying military closed two radio stations run by the Afric Vision organization, restricted access to well-known websites and social media, and threatened to shut down any media that “undermines national unity.”
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