Regional newspapers, the Trinidad Express and Barbados Nation have urged the David Granger administration to reconsider its actions towards Stabroek News regarding the withdrawal of government ads from the newspaper which it has called an attack on press freedom.
“Before this situation escalates into an international issue, this newspaper urges the Granger administration to reconsider its actions and to demonstrate its commitment to press freedom through its own act of fairness towards the Stabroek News, a newspaper widely respected for its record of independent journalism,” the Trinidad and Barbados-based newspapers wrote in editorials. The two newspapers are part of the One Caribbean Media (OCM) group.
Further, Chief Executive Officer of One Caribbean Media Ltd, Dawn Thomas, has described the advertising boycott by the government on the Stabroek News as an attack on the free press. Taking note of the situation, Thomas, a former co-chair of the International Press Institute, expressed concern and disappointment, a report in the Trinidad Express said.