Press groups banned from accessing the palace of Ambohitsorohitra01/12/2009 | 16:35:15
Some of the capital city's press groups have been denied access to the palace of Ambohitsorohitra when Andry Rajoelina gave a press conference concerning his position in face of international mediation and the setting up of the Transition's new government.
Midi Madagascar simply named it the way it had to be: "censorship" because its reporter was part of those denied access to the palace, apparently by the transitional presidency's communication protocol
The Matv TV channel also reported the access denial addressed to its reporters within the palace. Various other newsgroups have been banned in the same way from entry inside Ambohitsorohitra, part of which are the Express, Taratra and Gazetiko.
It is a second to none event in the presidential palace. It was basically a press conference, meant to be widely live broadcasted.
The political crisis definitely divided the Malagasy press. A certain number of press groups is supposed to be close to Andry Rajoelina, others are famed for their proximity to Marc Ravalomanana. Midi Madagascar and Ma-tv are considered by Ambohitsorohitra as being part of the opponent's camp. The Express, owned by Edgard Razafindravahy, the current capital city's special delegation's president, one of Rajoelina Andry's close collaborator, did not necessarily deserve the same fate.
The High Authority of Transition’s top spokesman is now one of the Malagasy press’ very famous reporter. Rolly Mercia is his name, editor in chief for the La Verite daily newspaper, and political presenter for Andry Rajoelina’s Viva radio station.[See]
Georges Ranaivosoa, reporter, founder of the « Revue de l’Ocean Indien” and skilled businessman, has died on June the 08th in Antananarivo at the age of 76 years old. The Malagasy press has lost one more of its leading figures.[See]
Since one week, six journalists and two employees from the Fahazavàna radio station are in criminal brigade custody. The Midi Madagascar newspaper recently reported that they started a hunger strike, the information swiftly denied by the police forces.[See]
As an ending chapter to one to the capital city's chaos day, the last servicing radio channel supportive of Marc Ravalomanana was silenced by the High Authority of Transition, in the evening of May 20th.[See]
After a couple of days offline, the Frequence Plus radio channel is resuming...tries. Regular services will definitely resume later according to the leadership[See]
The incident induced by the arrest of three of the opposition's politicians in the Frequence Plus radio station's facilities is shaking the capital city's media world.[See]
What the Malagasy press has been undergoing is rather strange. Journalists are searching for solidarity which happens to be increasingly hard to capitalize. The political crisis had the upper hand there too.[See]
Media stations closed or burnt down by supporters of the High Authority of Transition have definitely vanished for one year. Now they are, however, likely to be on their way to recovery. the madagascan journalists' union members addressed the issue onto Nathalie Rabe, the HAT communication minister.[See]
The detention of some colleagues in the run of the year 2009 political crisis has led to the foundation of a club called the Union of Madagascan Journalists. The Union is sensitizing each and everyone on journalists' duty in the Malagasy society.[See]
