User:Crtew/Ivory Coast press incidents 2010-2011

Ivory Coast press incidents 2010-2011 is about the journalists harassed, imprisoned or killed during the Second Ivorian Civil War and the 2010-2011 conflict between loyalists of former President Laurent Gbagbo from the Ivory Coast and forces supporting President Alassane Ouattara.

Three journalists or media workers were killed since Ouattara assumed the presidency in December 2010. Marcel Legré was a print machinist for a daily newspaper Notre Voie (Translation: Our Voice) when he was killed 28 February 2011 in Koumassi. Sylvain Gagnetau Lago was killed 8 May 2011 in Abidjan. Gilles Tutsi Murris Dabé was killed 20 November 2011. Those three were killed since Ouattara assumed the presidency in December 2010.

Gbagbo faced a trial at the International Criminal Court.

Background
Explain the election dispute ...

Description
What papers were targeted? And why did some papers have to close down?


 * The Guardian (UK), Greenslade1
 * The Guardian (UK), Greenslade2
 * CIMA
 * Think Africa Press

Imprisoned journalists

 * "Three opposition journalists detained ..." (Notre Voie journalists: César Etou (publisher), Didier Dépry (Etou's assistant), and Boga Sivori):


 * The Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Côte D'Ivoire: From Voice of the State to Advocate of Democracy. By W. Joseph Campbell (Google Books) [search for César Etou inside the book]


 * IFEX
 * RSF
 * Bloomberg

Marcel Legré
Marcel Legré (? – February 28, 2011), an Ivorian, was print machinist for the daily newspaper Notre Voie (Translated: Our Way), which supported Laurent Gbagbo, in Koumassi, when he was killed by a pro-Ouattara mob ... SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE (Details Later).

Legré References:

Use these cites (don't delete this list):

abidjan.net 1 on first use:

abidjan.net 2 on first use:

ALL AFRICA 1 on first use: :

ALL AFRICA 2 on first use: :

Angola Press on first use:

CPJ on first use:

CPJ2 on first use:

FES MEDIA on first use: :

Grioo on first use:

IFEX on first use: :

Media Foundation for West Africa:

Reporters Without Borders on first use: :

[Search on Lexis-Nexis for local press and world media mention, especially from known news sources. Search "Google News" and use Archive function to look for more.]

Death
Marcel Legré was murdered for working for La Refondation, which is the Ivory Coasts' sole print media distributor. On the night of February 27, 2011, Marcel Legré came home late after working through the night. An armed mob, who were pro-Outtara and with Rally of Houphouétistes for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), stormed his home in a Adidjan suburb in Koumassi. Afterward, they beating him through the early morning. The supporters of Ouattara forcibly dragged his body a few miles from his home near a pharmacy where he was then clubbed, hacked do death and finally shot in the head. The mob then burned Legré's body with tires. Legré's death was declared mid-afternoon on February 28, 2011.

Sylvain Gagnetau Lago
Sylvain Gagnetau Lago was killed 8 May 2011 in Abidjan.

Sylvain Gagnetau Lago / or by the alternative spellings of Gagnetaud or Gagneto:


 * CNN:
 * CNN:
 * SeattleTimes
 * ThinkAfricaPress:
 * CPJ-Lago:
 * IFEX1:
 * IFEX2:

Gilles Tutsi Murris Dabé
Gilles Tutsi Murris Dabé was killed 20 November 2011.

Gilles Tutsi Murris Dabé:


 * CPJ-Ouattara:
 * CISANews:

Impact
What papers were targeted? And why did some papers have to close down?