Inkantolo yaseTogo inxuse ukuthi kuqedwe ukuvinjelwa kwephephabhuku lezindaba

E-LOME, e-Togo - Inkantolo yase-Lomé izoqala kusasa ukulalela isikhalazo se-Tribune d'Afrique yesifunda ese-Benin ephikisana nesinqumo sangomhla zinga-25 ku-Agasti lapho yavinjelwa khona unomphela ukuthi isatshalaliswe e-Togo futhi yayalelwa ukuba ikhokhe inhlawulo engu-6. izigidi zama-CFA francs (9,000 euros) kanye nomonakalo wezigidi ezingu-60 zama-CFA franc (90,000 euros) ngokuxhumanisa u-Mey Gnassingbé, umfowabo kamongameli nelungu lehhovisi likamongameli, nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa.

I-Reporters Without Borders kanye ne-Avocats Sans Frontières, ehlinzeka i-Tribune d'Afrique ngakho kokubili ukwesekwa kokuziphatha kanye nosizo lwezomthetho, icela uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lwaseTogo ukuthi lwesule unswinyo olubekwe yisinqumo sango-Agasti odlule.

"Uma uMey Gnassingbé ekholelwa ukuthi wehliswe isithunzi, kusho ukuthi unelungelo lokumangalela i-Tribune d'Afrique ngamademeshe," kusho unobhala-jikelele weReporters Without Borders uJean-François Julliard. “Kodwa kuyasimangalisa ukuthi ihhovisi lomshushisi nalo licele ukuba lo magazini uvalwe unomphela. Lokhu kuya kude kakhulu. Sisola ukuthi bekuyisenzo sokuziphindiselela obekuhloswe ngaso kuphela ukuqeda incwadi ecasula iziphathimandla.”

UFrançois Cantier we-Avocats Sans Frontières France wanezela: “Umthetho wezokuxhumana kanye nabezindaba waseTogo uhlinzekela inhlawulo engu-1 million CFA francs ngokuhlambalaza kodwa iziphathimandla zahlawulisa lo magazini ama-CFA franc ayizigidi ezingu-6. Kwakungalungile futhi ukulahla uDavid Cudjoe Amekudzi njengoba engabhalanga udaba olubi futhi engeyena umhleli noma umshicileli wephephabhuku. Ungummeleli walo e-Lomé futhi, ngenxa yalokho, bekungafanele akhathazeke ngaleli cala lokungalaleli.”

Umshicileli we-Tribune d'Afrique, u-Aurel Kedote, kanye nomhleli wayo, uMax Savi Carmel, bazothamela icala lakusasa kanye no-Amekudzi, ophethe isikhundla somphathi wezincwadi kanjalo nomele iTogo. Ummeli omele iphephabhuku kuzoba nguJil-Benoît Kossi Afangbedji.

Isihloko esabangela ukuklonyeliswa komonakalo omkhulu kanye nenhlawulo ngamacala okuhlambalaza nokusabalalisa ukwaziswa okungamanga sasinesihloko esithi “Ukushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa phezulu. I-Togo ihilelekile. U-Mey Gnassingbé oqanjiwe. "

Ngemva kokuba i-Tribune d'Afrique ifake isicelo sayo sokuphikisa, iziphathimandla zasivumela ukuba siqhubeke nokusakazwa eTogo. Kodwa ngemva kwezindaba ezimbili ezengeziwe ezaqhubeka zicasula iziphathimandla zaseTogo, lomagazini waziswa phakathi no-September ukuthi ukuqaliswa kokuvinjelwa kokusabalalisa kwakungeke kusamiswa kuze kube umphumela wokudlulisa icala. Ayikaze isatshalaliswe eTogo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Lezi zijeziso zafakwa ku-Tribune d'Afrique ngesikhathi lapho abezindaba abaningi beshushiswa eTogo, nokwenze ukuthi iReporters Without Borders ibhalele uMengameli uFaure Gnassingbé ngoSepthemba ibhikishela futhi “ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezinyathelo zomthetho kwabezindaba.” Ngemuva kwalokho, wonke amanye amacala ahoxiswa, kwashiya i-Tribune d'Afrique kuyiyona yodwa ebhekene nezijeziso.

Ithathwa njengomgxeki kahulumeni, i-Tribune d'Afrique ivame ukuqondiswa iziphathimandla zaseTogo eminyakeni yamuva. Ngemuva kokushicilela umbiko okhethekile mayelana nesigodlo sikamongameli sangempelasonto e-Agou, eqhele ngamakhilomitha ayi-100 ngaphandle kwase-Lomé, ngo-Agasti 2009, i-High Authority for Broadcasting and Communications (HAAC) yasiyala ukuthi "iyeke ukuthungatha iTogo." Ngemuva kwalokho, lo magazini wathola amasamanisi acishe abe ngu-20 avela kwa-HAAC ngaphandle kokushaywa unswinyo.

I-Tribune d'Afrique isatshalaliswa emazweni ayisikhombisa kwayisishiyagalombili akha i-West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): iBenin, iBurkina Faso, i-Côte d'Ivoire, iMali, iNiger, iTogo kanye (ngezikhawu) neSenegal.