Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC.
Among those named in the weekend order are French newspaper Le Monde, British publication The Guardian, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and French broadcaster TV5 Monde.
The other news media named in the latest statement, dated Saturday, were French regional newspaper Ouest-France, APAnews and Agence Ecofin. The military rulers of Burkina Faso have dismissed as"baseless" the claims by HRW that its soldiers had killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25.
He expressed his surprise that"while this inquiry is underway to establish the facts and identify the authors, HRW has been able, with boundless imagination, to identify 'the guilty' and pronounce its verdict"."These mass killings... appear to be part of a widespread military campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with Islamist armed groups, and may amount to crimes against humanity," the New York-based group said on Thursday.
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