Chad - Newspaper publisher gets two-year suspended jail sentence

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the two-year suspended prison sentence and fine of 1 million CFA francs (1,500 euros) that a court in N'Djamena imposed today on newspaper publisher Moussaye Avenir de la Tchiré on charges of inciting hatred and inciting a popular uprising. Treasurer of the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT) and publisher of the Abba Garde newspaper, De La Tchiré was expected to be released later today after nearly four months in detention. He was arrested on 7 May. “We are (...)

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