Côte d’Ivoire - Three Notre Voie journalists charged and transferred to prison

Reporters without borders

The three journalists with the opposition newspaper Notre Voie who were arrested on 24 November – publisher César Etou, assistant editor Didier Dépry and chief political correspondent Boga Sivori – were charged yesterday with “inciting theft, looting and destruction of property via the media.” “Three more journalists have been formally charged and transferred to Abidjan's main prison, to join TV presenter Hermann Aboa, who has been there for more than four months,” Reporters Without Borders said. (...)

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