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Government closes TV station owned by political rival
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Publisher:  Reporters without Borders
Date Written:  17/12/2008
Year Published:  2008  
Resource Type:  Article

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Madagascar governmentâ##s closure of Viva TV since 13 December, after it broadcast a message by former President Didier Ratsiraka.

Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders condemns the governmentâ##s closure of Viva TV since 13 December, after it broadcast a message by former President Didier Ratsiraka. The authorities accused the station, owned by the mayor of Antananarivo, of broadcasting statements liable to â#odisturb public order and security.â## Ratsiraka has lived in exile in Paris since 2002.

â#oVivaâ##s closure signals a hardening in President Marc Ravalomananaâ##s policy towards news media regarded as sympathetic towards the ...
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