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    Managing Editor of the Independent Observer, arrested

    • Date of Occurrence
      December 17, 2017
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      Benin Republic
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    Jonathan Leigh, the managing editor of the Independent Observer, was arrested on accusations of publishing false information. According to news reports and local journalists with whom CPJ spoke with, Leigh is accused of publishing false information over a front-page article published Thursday under the headline: “Panic in Kono: 3 dead.” The article was about reports of political violence ahead of local by-elections taking place Saturday.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2017-12-17

    • State/Country

      Benin Republic

    • Perpetrator

      The Police Force

    • Legal Foundation

      Article 25 of the 1991 constitution

    • Source

      https://cpj.org/2015/12/cpj-calls-on-sierra-leone-to-release-newspaper-edi.php

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