{"id":10653,"date":"2018-11-03T20:32:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10653"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:35:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:35:05","slug":"media-regulator-to-intervene-when-journalists-are-persecuted-says-abr-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/media-regulator-to-intervene-when-journalists-are-persecuted-says-abr-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Regulator to intervene when journalists are persecuted, says ABR Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00e9sime Harubuntu, chairman of the association of radio stations broadcasting from Burundi-ABR says there are now duties and rights for Burundian journalists thanks to the new press law dating from 14 September 2018. \u201cNot only they have the right to get information and report it but also they and their equipment are protected.\u201d He said that during the celebration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10654\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10654\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/journaliste-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"journaliste\" width=\"499\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/journaliste-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/journaliste-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/journaliste-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/journaliste.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Journalists deplore withholding of the information<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He says the National Media Regulator-CNC now intervenes in case journalists are persecuted. \u201cThere are some improvements compared to the past years,\u201d he says. Mr. Harubuntu deplores the fact that some administrative officials withhold the information from the police. \u201cThey should understand that we work for the interest of the population,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Nahimana, Minister of Communication and Media says there is no journalist who is persecuted in connection with their work. \u201cThe withholding of information is often reported,\u201d he says adding that the matter has been discussed in the recent meeting held last week between media professionals and the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Nahimana adds that there is no specific law protecting journalists. \u201cThey are protected like other Burundians,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reporters without Borders, 62 journalists throughout the world were killed in connection with their journalist work while 168 others were imprisoned since January 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00e9sime Harubuntu, chairman of the association of radio stations broadcasting from Burundi-ABR says there are now duties and rights for Burundian journalists thanks to the new press law dating from 14 September 2018. \u201cNot only they have the right to get information and report it but also they and their equipment are protected.\u201d He said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,670],"tags":[113,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10657,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653\/revisions\/10657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}