Djibouti - Radio journalist threatened and tortured for 24 hours

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns radio journalist Farah Abadid Hildid's abduction by the police yesterday and the threats and torture to which he was subjected during the 24 hours he was held. Hildid works for La Voix de Djibouti, a radio station that broadcasts on the shortwave from Europe and is now also available on the Internet. He described his ordeal to Reporters Without Borders by telephone two hours after his release: “I was in Djibouti City yesterday waiting for a (...)

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