{"id":27445,"date":"2023-01-26T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfwa.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=27445"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:06:21","slug":"foe-3rd-quarter-crackdowns-on-protestors-trigger-9-increase-in-foe-violations","status":"publish","type":"reports","link":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/reports\/foe-3rd-quarter-crackdowns-on-protestors-trigger-9-increase-in-foe-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"FOE 3rd Quarter: Crackdowns on protestors trigger 9% increase in FOE violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>West Africa experienced a decline in freedom of expression in the third quarter of 2022 as violations rose by 9% during the period compared to the previous quarter. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The MFWA\u2019s Freedom of Expression Monitor revealed that forty-six (46) violations affecting a total number of 254 victims were recorded in eight (8) countries between July and September 2022. The figure for the second quarter of 2022 stood at 42<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of the 46 violations, Guinea recorded 18 violations to top the table of repression, followed by Nigeria (10 violations). Sierra Leone and Ghana recorded 7 and 4 violations respectively. Senegal, Liberia, and The Gambia recorded 2 violations each, while Burkina Faso recorded a single violation for this quarter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quarter saw a relentless assault on the rights to freedom of assembly. The authorities in Guinea banned outright all street protests and processions. At least 8 protesters died in the country during deadly repressions against defiant demonstrators opposed to the military government\u2019s decision to stay in power for three years. In Sierra Leone, a violent crackdown on protests left at least 27 people dead and more than a hundred arrested, amidst an internet shutdown and a curfew. Student protesters in Liberia were brutalised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 40 journalists were victims of violations during this quarter. Eleven of them were arrested during peaceful demonstrations at the premises of their media outlet in Senegal, while at least 6 of them were victims of physical attacks during protests in Guinea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report also highlights other key freedom of expression developments in West Africa, including redresses for violations and recommendations to key stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfwa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Freedom_of_Expression_MONITOR_Q3_July-September_MFWA_-Final.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27446,"template":"","publication-type":[191],"report-category":[753],"report-type":[],"class_list":["post-27445","reports","type-reports","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-type-reports","report-category-freedom-of-expression-digital-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/27445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reports"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-type?post=27445"},{"taxonomy":"report-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report-category?post=27445"},{"taxonomy":"report-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report-type?post=27445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}