Benin - Reporters Without Borders seeks lifting of closure order on Le Béninois Libéré

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders sent a letter today to Théophile Nata, president of the Benin state High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC), asking him to lift the closure order issued last December against the newspaper Le Béninois Libéré and to drop sanctions imposed on its managers. The press freedom organization also wrote to President Thomas Boni Yayi informing him of its action. “Reporters Without Borders, which criticized the severity of your decision at the time, is (...)

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