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Police Detain Journalists For Stories Published

  • Date of Occurrence
    July 14, 2015
  • State/Country
    Dakar, Senegal
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The police detained Mohamed Gueye and Alioune Badara Fall, publishers of Le Quotidien and L’Observateur, newspapers respectively.  Gueye, who was invited for a simple hearing this month, was later detained for “violation of the confidentiality of investigations.” In the case of Fall, he and his reporter colleague, Mamadou Seck, were summoned to answer questions related to an article on the flight plan of Senegalese soldiers about to be deployed to Saudi Arabia. According to authorities, the departure of the soldiers had not been planned yet, hence the publication was false.

Details
  • State/Country
    Dakar
  • Perpetrator
    The police
  • Legal Foundation
    Article 7 of the Senegalese Constitution
  • Source
    http://www.mfwa.org/senegal-3-publishers-arrested-and-detained-on-the-same-day/
Location
  • Dakar, Senegal

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

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