Mali - French journalists detained, roughed up in Bamako

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the detention of several foreign journalists for several hours on 8 February in Bamako. The arrests, during which one was physically attacked, occurred when “Green Berets,” who carried out last March's coup d'état, attacked the barracks of former President Amadou Toumani Touré's “Red Beret” bodyguards. “Assaulting and arresting journalists and confiscating their equipment constitute an unacceptable violation of freedom of information,” Reporters Without Borders (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 11 février 2013