Niger - Authorities free two journalists detained after TV debate

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders takes note of the fact that the two journalists who were arrested on 27 January – Zakari Adamou, the host of a show on privately-owned Canal 3 TV, and Ousmane Dan Badji, the editor of the newspaper L'Union – were released yesterday. The state prosecutor is not taking any further proceedings against Adamou but Badji, who refused to identify a source, has been told to “remain available to the judicial authorities.” Nayoussa Djimraou, the secretary-general of the (...)

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