Media News - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Two journalists charged for libel in Mauritania
The managing editor of the Arab weekly newspaper El Houriya, Mohamed Nema Omar, and a reporter with the same organisation, Moham e d Abdel Latif, were arrested and remanded in custody here Monday, a source here said Tuesday. The two journalists are accused of abuses and defamation by three Supreme Court magistrates who lodged a complaint against them. In an recently released article, El Houriya accused the three magistrates of corruption, saying they had shared FCFA25 million ouguiyax (the local currency) in h andling a case referred to the Supreme Court. The journal had urged the country's highest authorities to sack the three magistrates. The El Houriya managing editor was arrested last June following a complaint for libel filed by the Senate vice-president. Referred to a correctional tribunal, this case is still pending in court. (Africa en Ligne)
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