After coup, Burkina Faso’s junta must let journalists work, says RSF

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After Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba, the head of the military junta now governing Burkina Faso, failed to give any formal undertaking to protect press freedom in an address to the nation yesterday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the military to allow journalists to work freely and safely. A journalist was injured and two others were briefly detained in the mutinies that led to the coup d’état four days ago.

The coup began when hooded soldiers seized control of Radio Télévisio

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