3 detained Burkina Faso journalists appear in videos wearing military uniforms - Committee to Protect Journalists

Three Burkina Faso journalists arrested in the capital, Ouagadougou, on March 24 appeared in military uniforms in videos posted on social media in April. All three were arrested last week for publishing opinions critical of the military regime.

3 detained Burkina Faso journalists appear in videos wearing military uniforms - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dakar, April 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Burkina Faso to release recently detained journalists Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem after they appeared in military uniform in videos posted on social media. “The video showing detained Burkinabe journalists Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem wearing military uniforms reinforces fears about the fate of the seven journalists kidn…

Arrested last week for denouncing "infringements of freedom of expression and press," the three men appear in a video, in a barracks, dressed in lattice.

Detained Burkina journalists seen at anti-jihadist front line

Abidjan (AFP) April 3, 2025 Three journalists arrested over criticism of Burkina Faso's military government junta have appeared in a video, saying they are at the front line to "cover the reality" of the battle against jihadist attacks. The government last week dissolved the Burkina Journalists' Association (AJB), a day after police arrested its president, Guezouma Sanogo, and his deputy, Boukari Ouoba. The arrest