CIVICUS discusses a recent crackdown on foreign media and the conditions for journalists in Guinea-Bissau with Indira Correia Baldé, president of the Union of Journalists and Media Technicians, an organisation that protects, defends and promotes freedom of expression, press freedom and labour rights of media professionals
On 15 August, the government of Guinea-Bissau suspended the activities of three Portuguese media outlets, ordering their journalists to leave the country by 19 August. The measure was taken without official explanation, amid growing political tensions. It came months after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló reneged on his promise not to run in the November election. The move represents a significant blow to press freedom and casts doubt on the transparency of the election.
