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    Gendarme Assaults And Injures Journalist

    • Date of Occurrence
      May 12, 2017
    • State/Country
      Ouagadougou
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    A Gendarme assaulted and injured Guezouma Sanogo, a journalist at the Radio Burkina state radio–who was also president of the Association of Burkina Faso Journalists–during the country’s National Peasant’s Day, allegedly because he did not obey established security measures.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2017-05-12

    • State/Country

      Ouagadougou

    • Perpetrator

      National Gendarmerie

    • Legal Foundation

      Article 2 of the Burkinafaso Constitution

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    • Burkina Faso
    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Press Freedom
    • Right to Dignity
    Gender of Victim(s)
    • Male
    Mode of Attacks
    • Physical Attacks
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