On April 17, the High Authority for Communication (HAC) suspended the private news website Inquisiteur in Guinea and banned Keita from practicing journalism for six months, according to news reports, and Keita, who is also the website’s administrator.
The suspension followed a March 27 complaint filed by Alphonse Charles Wright, the former Minister of Justice and Human Rights, over a March 20 Inquisiteur investigation into allegations of corruption in public contracts, according to the HAC decision, reviewed by CPJ.
Keita told CPJ that he had been summoned to appear in court in the capital, Conakry, on May 30 on defamation charges, following a complaint by Wright.
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High Authority for Communication (HAC), Former Minister of Justice and Human Rights
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