Djibouti - Former journalist freed after nearly six weeks in jail

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved that Daher Ahmed Farah, an opposition activist and former journalist, was finally released on 14 August after being held since 2 July on a charge of refusing to comply with a judicial order. Farah has been imprisoned repeatedly since the start of the year. This time he spent six weeks in the capital's Gabode prison. Djibouti's supreme court still has to rule during the coming weeks on Farah's failure to comply with a court decision ordering him to pay (...)

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