Côte d’Ivoire - Newspaper owner arrested for “endangering state security”

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Ousmane Sy Savané, the director general of the Cyclone newspaper group, has not been arrested because of his activities as a media owner but because he is suspected of “endangering state security,” an interior ministry official told Reporters Without Borders this morning without providing any further information. 28.03.2012 - Why is police intelligence holding opposition media executive? Reporters Without Borders calls on the interior ministry to immediately account for media executive (...)

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