This month 14 television channels and radio stations were banned from broadcasting content that could “disrupt public order and security” — hindering their ability to report on the health emergency.
“We should not need to sign a letter of commitment do to our job,” Joel Ralaivoahita, director of the main opposition broadcaster MBS, told AFP on Friday.RSF noted that several media outlets including MBS were still banned from airing content. The Indian Ocean island nation of around 27 million people has so far reported 37,014 cases, of which at least 643 have been fatal.
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