8 November 2006

Alert

Journalist released after spending 20 days in jail


Incident details

Norbert Ngoua Mezui

journalist(s)

released
(JED/IFEX) - Norbert Ngoua Mezui, the founder and of the Libreville-based, privately-owned bi-monthly "Nku'u Le Messager", was released provisionally on 6 November 2006, following a Libreville Correctional Appeal Court ruling, which came as the journalist was serving the second last day of his prison sentence. The court scheduled a public hearing for 11 December, to examine the journalist's appeal.



Source:

Journaliste en danger (JED)
B.P. 633 - Kinshasa 1
374, av. Col. Mondjiba
Complexe Utexafrica, Galerie St Pierre, 1er niveau, Local 18 Kinshasa/Ngaliema
République Démocratique du Congo
direction (@) jed-afcentre.org
Phone: +243 81 99 29 323
Fax: +44 20 7900 3413
 

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