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2024-01-27 12:37:31

The day after the mobilization of press men aimed at protesting against the restrictions made by the Guinean state on the Internet and the jamming of the signals of certain media not to mention the withdrawal of the television bouquet of still others, ways were let us hear the one in Labé by Idrissa Sampiring Diallo.

The man is a journalist, a seasoned veteran and a human rights activist serving as the regional human rights coordinator.

For him, this desire to undermine freedom of expression is not new:<ça date de longtemps, mais il y a eu des précédents et peut être que vous ne le savez pas mais FIM a démonté son antenne et ne peut plus faire face aux salaires et bien de médias sont dans le même schéma.>>

Asked whether he understands the silence of the HAC and more particularly of its president, Dean Boubacar Yacine Diallo, Idrissa Sampiring Diallo preferred to walk on eggshells:>
<> continued the activist who was also asked if in his opinion Dean Boubacar Yacine Diallo was in his eyes the right man for the Guinean press and its current fight?

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To the last question of whether or not the transition has taken on the appearance of a diktat, the journalist used a parable taken from the local cultural repertoire to answer:>

To close the interview, ISD advocated that his peers be on their guard by avoiding falling into the traps set and that they know how to choose the adversaries to face.

Tkillah Tounkara