Mali - Newspaper editor arrested for publishing army officer's open letter

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns yesterday's arrest by the state security service of Le Républicain editor Boukary Ndaou, who is still being held in an unknown location. No charge has so far been announced but his arrest came just hours after his newspaper published an open letter by a soldier criticizing President Dioncounda Traoré for the “benefits granted” to Capt. Amadou Sanogo, an army officer who led a military coup in March 2012. “Mali's current problems do not justify (...)

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