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Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine Sanou, said late that both radio stations would be suspended for two weeks, and warned other media networks to avoid reporting on the story.
Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces.
Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine Sanou, said late that both radio stations would be suspended for two weeks, and warned other media networks to avoid reporting on the story.
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According to the report published by Human Rights Watch, the army killed some 223 civilians, including 56 children, in villages accused of cooperating with militants. The report was widely covered by the international media. There is widespread reporting about violations of human rights in the junta-ruled West African country. Reports say that the Burkinabe army has repeatedly committed mass atrocities against civilians in the name of fighting terrorism and has, called on authorities to investigate the massacres. This did not go well with the ruling junta.
