Actions Taken
The National Union of Media Professionals in Cote d’Ivoire (Syndicat National des Professionnels de la Presse de Côte d’Ivoire) (SYNAPPCI) demanded the journalists’ immediate release.
Six journalists were arrested, interrogated, and detained, being from four media outlets (Inter, Notre Voie, Le Temps, and Soir Info) that had, in their respective publications, alleged payment by the government to mutinous soldiers. The then-recent protests by soldiers for better pay started before the publications in question, and so they could not have triggered these protests.
The National Union of Media Professionals in Cote d’Ivoire (Syndicat National des Professionnels de la Presse de Côte d’Ivoire) (SYNAPPCI) demanded the journalists’ immediate release.
2017-10-12
Gendarmes
Articles 7 and 19 of the 2016 constitution.
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