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5 April 2019
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Journalists in the Comoros are being censored and intimidated amid a continuing political crisis in the wake of the country's presidential election on 24 March.
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Abdallah Abdou Hassane and Oubeidillah Mchangama, two journalists working for critical online news outlet FCBK FM, were arrested and are facing multiple charges. They have pleaded not guilty.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)31 March 2019
Ahmed Abdul Khaleq is currently being held in Abu Dhabi’s Al-Wathba prison, but is due to be deported to Comoros under a 2009 agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the Indian Ocean island nation.
Reporters Without Borders25 May 2012
"Any state media journalist who wants the freedom to write or speak has to conform to the government line, or have the intellectual honesty to work elsewhere, for a privately-owned news outlet," the minister said.
Reporters Without Borders12 April 2012
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