Benin: Former Journalist Jailed Over Facebook Post Released

press release

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Aziz Imorou, a former journalist after being detained for 19 days on cyber stalking charges.

Imorou was detained on 17 September 2020 after he published a Facebook article in which he reported an alleged act of aggression against himself by a bodyguard of Armand Ganse, Managing Director of the Société de Gestion des Marches Autonomes (SOGEMA), the state corporation that manages public markets.

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