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| Title | Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2006 - Gabon |
| Publisher | Reporters Without Borders |
| Country | Gabon |
| Publication Date | 3 May 2006 |
| Cite as | Reporters Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2006 - Gabon, 3 May 2006, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/46e6909213.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2006 - Gabon
The government of Omar Bongo Odimba and the powerful state press spend a lot of energy in discrediting not only opposition parties but also the independent press. The presidential election in the autumn was seized on as a chance for a campaign to vilify and systematically discredit the opposition. Despite this outrageous imbalance, with little money and facing police brutality the few privately-owned publications in Libreville continued to provide news to Gabonese citizens without singing the praises of the doyen of African heads of state.
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