📰 Media & Journalism May 4, 2026 · CPJ Staff

New CPJ podcast reveals torture, coerced testimony in case of jailed Senegalese journalist René Capain Bassène

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Dakar, May 4, 2026—A new podcast released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presents extensive new testimony and reporting on the conviction of Senegalese journalist and author René Capain Bassène, raising serious questions about the integrity of a case that has become one of West Africa’s most emblematic press freedom concerns.



The six-part series, “René Capain Bassène, wrongly convicted,” is produced in Wolof and French and is available globally. It draws on first-hand accounts,

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