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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