Central African Republic Journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé Detained Overnight in Defamation Case

Lome, Togo — Central African Republic authorities should drop their defamation investigation into journalist Landry Ulrich Nguema Ngokpélé and ensure that members of the press can work freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

At about 4 p.m. on June 3, police officers with the Central Office for the Repression of Banditry (OCRB) arrested Nguema Ngokpélé, the publication director of the privately owned Le Quotidien de Bangui newspaper, according to news reports, the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app, and a statement by the Central African Journalists' Union.

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