Guinean Regulator Bans News Site Dépêche Guinée

Dakar — Guinea’s High Authority of Communication should reverse its decision to indefinitely suspend the privately owned news site Dépêche Guinée and ensure the public has unrestrained access to diverse media sources, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.

“The banning of Dépêche Guinée represents an escalation of the Guinean communications regulator’s censorship efforts and reflects a grave disregard for citizens’ right to diversity of information,” said Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s…