West Africa: Track Down and Punish Perpetrators of Threats Against Journalist Sekou Pendessa

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the recent threats against journalist Sékou Jamal Pendessa, and urges the Guinean authorities to identify and punish the perpetrators.

As Secretary General of the Syndicat des professionnels de la presse de Guinee (SSPG), a media professionals’ trade union group, Pendessa has led a number of push-backs against media repression in Guinea, especially under the current military regime. His resolute posture in defence of the media has incurred him…