Six charged with inciting army rebellion

Six members of the 'Collectif des organisations democratiques de masse et de partis politiques' have been charged with lowering morale and inciting dissidence within the army, the 'Observatoire' said in a news release on Thursday. Those charged are Halidou Ouedraogo, president of the Collectif, Tole Sagnon, secretary-general of the Confederation generale du travail du Burkina (CGTB), Norbert Tiendrebeogo, president of the Front des Forces Sankaristes, Benewende Sankara, representative of the Union generale des etudiants du Burkina (UGEB), Jean-Claude Medah, representative of the Association des journalistes du Burkina and Andre Tibiri, president of the Union generale des etudiants du Burkina. Paulin Yameogo, director of the newspaper 'San Finna' has also been charged. Their trial has been set for 27 December in Ouagadougou and they could receive prison sentences of one to five years, the Observatoire, a body set up to defend human rights, reported.