24 October 2008
Alert
Television host dismissed, station director arrested following live debate
Incident details
Sidi Ould Lemjad, Limam Cheikh Ould Ely, Isselmou Ould AbdelkaderMFWA's correspondent reported that during a live debate organized on 6 October by Mauritania's public television, Abdelkader claimed that the Presidential Security Unit (BASEP), which staged the 6 August coup, was made up of foreign militia on the payroll of General Ould Abdel Aziz, head of the ruling junta.
Sidi Ould Lemjad, host of the programme "Point Lumineux", which hosted the debate, was subsequently dismissed on 9 October. The station's director, Limam Cheikh Ould Ely, was also arrested and questioned by the national gendarmerie on 22 October.
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