RFI correspondent in Niger was jailed last September. He was accused of having links with the Tuareg rebellion, and was charged with “complicity in undermining the authority of the state”. He could be sentenced to spend his life in prison.
Amnesty International considers him as a political prisoner.
Persons interested in the press freedom can follow his case on this site (French, English, Spanish) and sign a petition.
I have to say that I am quite upset by the difference in the treatment in the media between the case of Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson and the support, that was until recently rather weak, expressed to Moussa Kaka. It’s time for the press to stop discriminating between the local journalists and the reporters. We are all doing the same job. We don’t take greater risks than them. They deserve at least as much support as we do.
