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Journalist watchdog condemns jail term

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    Paris-based Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) has protested to the authorities in Niger against the sentencing of the publishing director of 'Le Canard Enchaine' to six months imprisonment for slander.

    In a letter sent on Friday to justice minister Moussa Maty, RSF urged the government to acquit Abdoulaye Tiemogo as a sign of its commitment to press freedom. Tiemogo, who was sentenced on Friday, was ordered by the court to pay a fine of 100,000 CFA (US $140) and five million CFA (US $7,000) in damages to agriculture minister, Wassalke Boukari.

    According to the satirical newspaper, Boukari embezzled some 200 million CFA (US $280,000) from a gold producing area in the west of Niger.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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