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30 April 2009
Alert
Two French magazines censored
Incident details
magazine(s) censored"Such measures are both arbitrary and archaic, inasmuch as the content of these publications can be accessed online," Reporters Without Borders said.
The weekly "Jeune Afrique's" 5-11 April 2009 issue was censored because of a cover story headlined "Muslims and sex" with a cover photo showing a woman's bare back. The authorities subsequently banned the April issue of the monthly "Afrique Magazine", which had a report by Akram Belkaïd headlined "Dubai, end of the dream" about the emirate's current economic and political problems.
Source
Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
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