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Spotlight: Djibouti

Independent radio station's web editor harassed by authorities in Djibouti

26 May 2015
Reporters Without Borders

"The charges against Maydaneh Abdallah Okieh are without foundation and amount to nothing less than harassment on the part of the Djibouti authorities against a stalwart of the first free and critical radio station in Djibouti’s history," said Virginie Dangles the deputy programme director of RSF.

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Djibouti Attacks Free Expression & the Law

Journalist covering women's protest arrested in Djibouti suburb

Mohamed Ibrahim Waiss was arrested while covering a protest staged by Mothers in Buldhuqo. The group was calling for the government to honour its promise to provide them with building plots in another neighbourhood.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎16 December 2013

Djibouti

Former journalist jailed for second time in two months in Djibouti

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by government opponent and former journalist Daher Ahmed Farah’s incarceration on 2 July 2013 in Djibouti’s Gabode prison to begin serving a two-month jail sentence on a charge of “refusing to comply with a judicial order.”

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎ 2 July 2013

Djibouti

Website technician gets 45 days in jail for defaming Djibouti police

A Djibouti court yesterday sentenced Maydaneh Abdallah Okieh to 45 days in prison and a fine of 200,000 Djibouti francs (860 euros) for posting photos on his Facebook page of police breaking up an opposition demonstration. It also ordered him to pay 2 million francs (8,600 euros) in damages.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎31 May 2013

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Djiboutian website technician held for two weeks over Facebook photos

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti Digital Rights 28 May 2013
Journalist in Djibouti freed conditionally after being held more than three months

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti Free Expression & the Law 21 November 2012
Djibouti: UN Universal Periodic Review Submission

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Access to Information Djibouti Free Expression & the Law 11 October 2012
News website correspondent arrested, held incommunicado in Djibouti

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti Digital Rights Censorship Free Expression & the Law 10 August 2012
RSF asks UN rapporteur to help end journalist's torture

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 26 March 2012
Radio journalist threatened and tortured for 24 hours

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 3 February 2012
Two radio reporters freed conditionally after being held for four days, tortured

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 25 November 2011
Opposition radio reporters arrested again, concern about mistreatment

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti Free Expression & the Law 24 November 2011
Six contributors to opposition radio station held in Gabode prison for past four months

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 15 June 2011
Government urged to end systematic crackdown on critics, allow peaceful protests

‎ Human Rights Watch

Djibouti 6 April 2011
Freedom of the Press 2007: Djibouti

‎ Freedom House

Djibouti 27 February 2008
Government's authoritarian excesses condemned on 30th anniversary of independence

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 26 June 2007
Court rules that prosecution's case is incomplete in libel suit against opposition weekly, RSF urges authorities to drop charges

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 13 February 2007
Police arrest brother and cousin of opposition weekly's managing editor

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 7 February 2007
Police raids and arrests mark authorities' renewed harassment of opposition weekly

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 6 February 2007
Authorities cut Radio France Internationale's FM broadcasts

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Djibouti 16 February 2005
Journalist from "Le Renouveau" newspaper arrested

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Djibouti 15 June 2004
Human Rights Watch calls for release of journalist being held in solitary confinement

‎ Human Rights Watch

Djibouti 30 July 2003
Appeals court sends newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah back to prison

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 10 July 2003
Newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah released again

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 25 June 2003
Newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah re-arrested just two days after his release from custody

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 9 June 2003
Newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah released provisionally

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 4 June 2003
RSF urges authorities to release newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 28 May 2003
RSF calls on authorities to release editor as newspaper is seized again

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 6 May 2003
Editor of opposition newspaper arrested again

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti 22 April 2003
Djiboutian journalist detained for seven months

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Djibouti Ethiopia 10 January 2000

At a glance

Djibouti

Most covered free expression issues in this country
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- Digital Rights

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Freedom of the Press 2016: Djibouti

Police repeatedly harassed and detained a journalist for an overseas-based Djiboutian radio station during 2015.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
Freedom of the Press 2015: Djibouti

Ranked 166th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015
Freedom of the Press 2014: Djibouti

Ranked 164th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 2 May 2014

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