Niger: Journalist Sentenced to One-Year Suspended Jail Sentence And Barred From Capital for Three Months

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Paris — On 13 October 2003, Ibrahim Souley, publication director of the weekly "L'Enquêteur", was sentenced to a one-year suspended jail sentence and barred from entering the capital, Niamey, for three months, for "inciting ethnic hatred".

"We are relieved that this journalist was released, of course. However, we do not understand why he is being prevented from staying in Niamey for three months. This decision makes no sense," said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. The organisation called on the authorities to annul the decision and allow Souley to resume his work as soon as possible.

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