US EMBASSY PRESS RELEASE

The Embassy of the United States in IvoryCoast is concerned about the suspension on September 12 of opposition newspapers by president Allassane Ouattara's government. The public is best served when the diversity of opinions can be freely expressed through the media. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Ivorian people must have the right to determine for itself the validity of different political views, statements and arguments relayed by the press