Côte d’Ivoire - Newspaper publisher freed after more than a year in detention

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that newspaper publisher Ousmane Sy Savané was finally released on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, after being held for just over 13 months on a charge of endangering state security. However, his release is only provisional, and Reporters Without Borders joins the National Union of Côte d'Ivoire Journalists (UNJCI) in calling for his definitive release. The CEO of the Cyclone publishing house, Savané had been held since 27 March 2012. “We welcome (...)

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