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Guinea-Bissau: International Arrest Warrant Against Blogger

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism, Politics

The most visible face of Guinea-Bissau's blogosphere [1], António Aly Silva, wrote [2] [pt] that he is being accused of “the crime of incitement to war” and that an international arrest warrant was issued against him by the regime in power since the coup [3] of April 2012. In an interview [4] [pt] for the blog O Informador [5] (The Insider), Aly talks about his escape to Dakar and current exile in Portugal.