Free Moussa Kaka

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.

Freedom for Thomas, Pierre and Al-Hassane

Thomas and Pierre are two French reporters. Al-Hassane was their driver. On Dec. 17th, they were arrested as they were heading back to Niamey, after a report they have shot clandestinely (a previous official application was rejected) on the Tuareg rebellion movement, called MNJ, in northern Niger.

As well as Moussa Kaka, the RFI correspondent in Niger arrested three months earlier, they spent Christmas in jail. Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, another local journalist, was arrested last October, also for reporting on the Tuareg rebels.

Thomas and Pierre were wharged for attempt to the State security -a crime in Niger, for which they could face death penalty.

You can follow up the case on pierre.thomas.alhassane.info/.

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