21 January 1999

Alert

Journalist alive and safe in Freetown


Incident details

Lansana Fofana

journalist(s)

other


(CPJ/IFEX) - Lansana Fofana, a stringer with the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC), is reportedly alive and safe in Freetown. He recounted
his experiences of the past two weeks on the BBC on 20 January 1999.









officer was arrested by the police
  • welcoming the authorities' willingness to prosecute him
  • asking him to use his influence to prevent such attacks from reoccurring




    Appeals To



    Moven Mahachi
    Minister of Defence
    Harare, Zimbabwe






    Please copy appeals to the source if possible.

    For further information, contact Jean-François Julliard or Frédéric Lesain
    at RSF, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84,
    fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: afrique@rsf.fr, Internet: http://www.rsf.fr





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