Updated: Jan. 3, 2012 (Initial publication: Sept. 19, 2011)

Translated Summaries

Thematic Report (Media, Healthcare): Burkina Faso’s media regulator ordered an advertisement for an insecticide to be taken off the air because its health risks were hidden from the public, and requested that the media refrain from broadcasting similar advertisments in the future.

http://www.thejournalofregulation.com/spip.php?article739

Translated Summaries


ENGLISH

An advertisement broadcast in Burkina Faso for an insecticide did not reveal its health risks. The national media regulator published a decision on September 6, 2011 ordering that it be taken off the air and “requested” that the media refrain from broadcasting advertisements dangerous for human health and dignity.

 

FRENCH

Une publicité est diffusée au Burkina Faso vantant un insecticide sans en révéler les risques sanitaires. Le régulateur national des médias par une décision du 6 septembre 2011 ordonne l’arrêt de sa diffusion et « invite » les médias d’une façon générale à éviter la diffusion de publicités portant atteinte à la santé et à la dignité humaine.

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Other translations forthcoming.

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