Libya - Journalist freed on bail but still faces criminal defamation trial

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved by journalist Amara Hassan Al-Khitabi's release on bail yesterday after four months in detention but is disturbed that he is still charged with defaming and insulting the judicial system and has been banned from leaving Libya before the end of his trial. The editor of the newspaper Al-Umma, Khitabi, was arrested last December and incarcerated in Hadba prison in connection with the list of 87 judges and prosecutors allegedly implicated in corruption and (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 22 avril 2013