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Articles - Mali

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Mali

Independent media one of the first casualties in coup

Mutinous soldiers who seized power last week from Mali's President Amadou Toumani Touré also occupied the headquarters of the state radio and TV broadcaster and interrupted other TV and radio shows, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Human Rights Watch. Some citizens turned to Twitter to get their news updates, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Mali

DES JOURNALISTES ET UN ENSEIGNANT SONT CONDAMNÉS À CAUSE D'UNE DISSERTATION À L'ÉCOLE

Mali

PERIODISTAS Y ESCRITOR SENTENCIADO POR ENSAYO ACADÉMICO

Mali

JOURNALISTS, TEACHER SENTENCED FOR SCHOOL ESSAY

Five journalists and a 10th grade teacher have been jailed in Mali for "offending the head of state" over a story on a high school essay assignment about an imaginary presidential sex scandal, report the Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisations (NAFEO), an initiative of IFEX members, and other free expression groups.

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RETIRAN CARGO DE DIFAMACIÓN CONTRA DIRECTOR DE TV PÚBLICA

Mali

DIFFAMATION PORTÉE CONTRE UN DIRECTEUR DE LA TÉLÉVISION PUBLIQUE EST REJETÉE

Mali

DEFAMATION CHARGE AGAINST PUBLIC TV DIRECTOR DROPPED

The defamation complaint against Sidiki Konaté, director-general of the Office of Radio and Television in Mali (ORTM), has been withdrawn according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). On 16 May, Konaté was convicted of criminal defamation following a television broadcast in which the mayor of Bamako accused Malian magistrates of being corrupt and inefficient. RSF reports that a few days after Konaté was sentenced to one month in prison, the National Union of the Magistracy withdrew its complaint against him. The case is now closed.

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DIRECTOR DE DIFUSIÓN PÚBLICA ENCARCELADO POR DIFAMACIÓN

Mali

LE DIRECTEUR DE LA TÉLÉVISION PUBLIQUE EMPRISONNÉ POUR DIFFAMATION

Mali

PUBLIC BROADCASTING HEAD JAILED FOR DEFAMATION

The head of Mali's public broadcasting service has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for a criminal defamation charge brought by a union of judges, report the West African Journalists Association (WAJA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). On 16 May, a court convicted Sidiki Konaté, head of the Office of Radio and Television in Mali (ORTM), of criminal defamation. The Autonomous Union of the Magistracy filed charges against both ORTM and the mayor of Bamako, Ibrahima N'Diaye, after a 26 March television programme in which the mayor accused Malian magistrates of being corrupt and inefficient, according to WAJA, CPJ and RSF. Sidiki was also sentenced to pay a fine of US$1,350. The mayor received a 30-day jail sentence and a US$4,000 fine, note WAJA and CPJ. Under Malian press law, the ORTM is punishable for having broadcast the mayor's remarks, while the mayor is considered an accomplice, says RSF.