Lesotho: Journalist Charged With Additional Criminal Offences, Faces Possible Death Penalty for "High Treason"

International Press Institute (Vienna)

23 January 2008

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped. These charges include High Treason, a charge that carries the death penalty.