Côte d’Ivoire - TV presenter freed conditionally after being held for five months

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RTI presenter Hermann Aboa was released provisionally from Abidjan's main prison this afternoon after five months in detention. He continues to face prosecution on charges of threatening the nation's defences, attacking and conspiring against state authorities, undermining national territorial integrity, participating in an armed band, participating in an insurrectional movement and attacking public order. Reached by telephone shortly after being freed, Aboa told Reporters Without Borders: (...)

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