Journalists arrested in Senegal as prime minister announces 'zero tolerance' for false news - Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalists arrested in Senegal as prime minister announces 'zero tolerance' for false news - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dakar, April 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to stop the legal harassment of journalists and to deliver on President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye’s promise to decriminalize press offenses. A Dakar court judge charged Zik Fm editor-in-chief Simon Pierre Faye with spreading false news on April 14 and released him under judicial control. On the same...