Senegal: Police silence Sud FM radio stations throughout the country

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed shock and condemnation of a heavy-handed police crackdown that saw all Sud FM radio affiliates throughout the country shuttered on 17 October 2005. The stations' employees have also been arrested. At around 8:40 a.m. (local time) on 17 October, Sud FM's Dakar station was forcefully shut down by police, who proceeded to arrest all employees on site at the time. When reached by RSF, authorities at Dakar's central police headquarters refused comment.