Michael Gbagbo, the son of Côte d’Ivoire’s ex-president, was fined sentenced to jail for a 2016 interview, in which he claimed that a large number of people were still in jail or missing following the 2010-2011 unrest when his father would not accept presidential defeat. His charge was “complicity in disclosing false news”. The director of Koaci.com, the platform that hosted the interview, was also fined. The charges concerned the dissemination of false news.
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Ex-President’ son gets six month jail term for airing false news
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Date of OccurrenceJanuary 26, 2018
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State/CountryCôte d’Ivoire
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Date of Occurrence
2018-01-26
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State/Country
Côte d’Ivoire
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Legal Foundation
Articles 7 and 19 of the 2016 constitution. The 2004 press law.
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