Two Togolese journalists freed but subjected to absurd judicial controls

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Togo’s authorities to rescind the extremely strict and unjustified judicial controls placed on two newspaper editors as a condition for their release on 31 December after three weeks in prison in the capital, Lomé, on charges of defaming and insulting two government ministers. L’Alternative editor Ferdinand Ayité and Fraternité editor Joël Egah have had to surrender their passports, they cannot leave Togo, they must visit the judge in charge o

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