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Charges dropped against Malian editor
Charges against Boukary Daou – who published an army officer's open letter in a privately-owned newspaper – were dropped on 30 April.
Charges against Boukary Daou – who published an army officer's open letter in a privately-owned newspaper – were dropped on 30 April.
Boukary Daou was released from Bamako's main prison on 2 April 2013. He is charged with “inciting disobedience” and “publishing false news” for printing an army officer’s open letter on his newspaper’s front page.

Freedom House guest blogger Thomas R. Lansner critiques mainstream media coverage of Mali's conflict. He notes that most of the photos available, as the French newspaper Liberation observes, “have the feeling of having been produced by the school of fine arts of war….”
Boukary Daou has been charged with “inciting disobedience” and “publishing false news” after having published an army officer's open letter to the interim president.
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