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Gendarme Physically Attacks Reporter Of The Le Quotidien Newspaper For Taking Pictures

  • Date of Occurrence
    September 3, 2018
  • State/Country
    Dakar, Senegal
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A gendarme physically attacked Mamadou Sakine, a reporter of the Le Quotidien newspaper for taking pictures of an act of violence by the gendarme against a woman outside of the Court of Appeal premises in Dakar.

Details
  • State/Country
    Dakar
  • Perpetrator
    Gendarmerie Nationale Senegalaise
  • Legal Foundation
    Article 7 and 58 of the Senegalese constitution of 2011
  • Source
    http://www.mfwa.org/gendarme-attacks-journalist-for-taking-pictures-of-his-act-of-aggression/
Location
  • Dakar, Senegal

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Region
  • Senegal
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male

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