Côte d’Ivoire - Newspaper editor jailed on charge of insulting president

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is surprised and dismayed to learn that an opposition newspaper editor was placed in pre-trial detention yesterday in Abidjan, although media offences have been decriminalized in Côte d'Ivoire. Joseph Gnanhoua Titi, the publisher and editor of Aujourd'hui, a daily that supports former President Laurent Gbagbo, is being held in Abidjan's main prison, known as the Maca, on charges of publishing false news and insulting President Alassane Ouattara. He is charged in (...)

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