Gabonese journalist could spend New Year’s Eve in prison

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Bertin Ngoua Edou, a satirical newspaper editor who was arrested yesterday in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, and points out that Gabon’s media law, known as the “Communication Code,” has no provision for imprisoning journalists for press offences. It nonetheless seems as though Edou, who spent last night in a cell at the General Directorate for Investigation, could start the new year in prison.

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