16 February 2010

Alert

Two journalists held by intelligence agency freed after seven days


Incident details

Release

Simon Hervé Nko'o, Journalist
Serge Sabouang, Journalist

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(RSF/IFEX) - Simon Hervé Nko'o and Serge Sabouang, two journalists who were arrested by members of the General Directorate for External Investigation (DGRE) on 5 February 2010 without any reason being given, were finally released on the evening of 12 February.





Source:

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
 

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