حرية الصحافة في موريتاني

This paper addresses the issue of press freedom in Mauritania, which we have divided into two themes. The first addresses: The legal framework governing freedom of the press in Mauritania, which began with independence with the issuance of Act No. 63-109 of 27 June 1963, to regulate freedom of publication (press) and printing throughout the national territory. This continued to be applied even after the military takeover of power in the country (July 10, 1978), when all civil system bodies and institutions were abolished through the repealing of the 1961 constitution. The successive constitutional covenants, through which the military institution governed, have not acknowledged the press or the issue of its freedom. Despite that, that period witnessed the publication of some magazines in 1988, which were considered to represent the actual beginnings of an independent press in Mauritania. That was before being regulated under the Constitution of 20 July 1991 by Act No. 023-91 of 25 July 1991. Press freedom has experienced remarkable development, prior to its amendment by Law Order No. 2006- 034 of 20 October 2006 regulating the Higher Authority for Press and Audiovisual. This was then reinforced by the issuance of Act No. 2010-045 of 26 July 2010 concerning audiovisual communication. We have specified the second theme to address the reality of the Mauritanian press and to attempt to evaluate the experience. We touched upon the many difficulties experienced by the free press experience in Mauritania, whether related to the application of certain articles of the regulatory texts regulating the profession or to technical difficulties. That is before attempting to evaluate the Mauritanian experience, especially the written press, because the audio-visual media experience is still new and it is too early to evaluate. This abstract created by Dar Almandumah Inc. 2018