Guinea’s Media Groaning Under Continued Repression

On March 18, 2024, Guinea’s media regulatory body, the Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC suspended for three months Mamadou Taslima Diallo, alias Williams Campbell, host of the show “Star en ligne” on West Africa TV. Citing articles 107 and 112 of Law L/2010/02/CNT of 22 June 2010 on Press Freedom in the Republic of Guinea, the HAC accused the journalist of having insulted his guest during his show. Diallo admitted the accusation before the HAC’s commissioners before whom he had been…