2024-08-13 10:48:47
On Tuesday, August 13, most of the Senegalese media followed the slogans of the “day without pressure” to warn about the financial and economic measures of the new authorities which make them fear for their survival.
Almost all newspapers do not appear on Tuesday. Private radio stations RFM and iRadio, two of the first in the country, broadcast music during the morning news, AFP noted.
Private television stations such as TFM, ITV and 7TV use the faces and titles of newscasters to mark their solidarity: three fingers holding a pencil, together with the headline “A day without pressure”.
Some newspapers choose not to respect the group, such as the government daily Sun and newspapers Wolf Daily etc Yoor-Yoorthe newspaper’s editorial line is favorable to the government. The television channels RTS and Walf TV also continue to broadcast.
“Big Debts”
The Council of Press Broadcasters and Publications of Senegal (CDEPS, employers), which brings together private and public publications, declares that freedom of expression. “you are in danger in Senegal”in a joint editorial published Monday by the local press.
He called the authorities in force from April, especially for those “blocking bank accounts” enter the house for non-profit of tax, the “seizure of [leur] production equipment, merger and illegal termination of advertising contracts, freeze payments » because of the media. “The goal is none other than informational and domestic control of media players”you believe.
In Senegal, the media sector has been facing economic problems for a long time, with actors protesting overwork conditions. Publisher of two of the most widely read sports magazines in the country, City etc The Lost Lambsuspended their publication at the end of July after more than twenty years of presence in the Senegalese media space due to economic problems.
Them “day without pressure” take place “in a situation where 26% of the country’s journalists do not have work contracts” while “Press companies carry heavy tax liabilities” against the backdrop of a “a crisis of trust between the media and the public”according to the NGO Reporters Without Borders.
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