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Burkina Faso Journalist Sentenced to Three Years for Defamation

Burkina Faso Journalist Sentenced to Three Years for Defamation

On July 23, 2015, a county court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, sentenced Boureima Ouédraogo, the managing editor of Le Reporter, a privately-owned investigative newspaper, to three years in prison. The court also fined Ouedraogo CFA Francs 300,000 (about US$500). Ouedraogo’s sentencing followed a libel suit by a lawyer named Bouyain Armand. In a series of […]

Swaziland King Mswati’s Virginity Test Claims Are False

Swaziland King Mswati’s Virginity Test Claims Are False

A Nigerian website has falsely claimed that girls and young women in Swaziland are forced to undergo public virginity tests before King Mswati III decides whether to take them as his wife. The report has brought widespread condemnation from opponents and supporters of the King alike. The website called Pulse published graphic pictures on 4 […]

Gambian Court Denies Taranga FM Manager Abdoulie Ceesay Bail

Gambian Court Denies Taranga FM Manager Abdoulie Ceesay Bail

The lower court in Banjul presided over by Principal Magistrate Momodou M.S. Jallow yesterday, 5th of August, 2015 refused bail to Abdoulie Ceesay, Managing Director of Taranga FM. Mr. Ceesay was arraigned on August 4 and charged with a single count of ‘Seditious intention’ contrary to section 51 (1) (d) of the Criminal Code, laws […]

Morocco Should Lift Bureaucratic Obstacles – Harassment of Outspoken Journalist

Morocco Should Lift Bureaucratic Obstacles – Harassment of Outspoken Journalist

Moroccan authorities should lift bureaucratic obstacles that have prevented an outspoken journalist and satirist, Ali Lmrabet, from publishing a new publication, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On June 24, Lmrabet went on a hunger strike in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva to protest the refusal by the local administration […]

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