MFWA welcomes the release of Samira Sabou, the journalist and activist in Niger who was arrested and detained over her Facebook post on alleged corruption in the acquisition of military equipment by Niger's Ministry of Defense.
Sabou was released by a Niamey high court on July 28, 2020, after spending 47 days in detention in the civil prison in Niamey. The court declared that the crime of defamation with which she had been charged has not been established.
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