Mali - Newspaper editor kidnapped, beaten and then dumped near stadium

Reporters without borders

Gunmen abducted Saouti Haïdara, the editor of the privately-owned daily L'Indépendant, from the newspaper's headquarters in Bamako yesterday evening, gave him a severe beating and then dumped him in a northern district of the city, where he was found by colleagues. “As kidnapping and assaulting journalists is becoming common practice in Bamako, we call on the authorities to identify those responsible for this attack and bring them to justice,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is unacceptable (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 13 juillet 2012