(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arrest of a Togolese journalist. According to RSF’s information, on 10 November 1998, Edoh Amewouho, a journalist with the private weekly “Le Nouveau Combat”, was arrested and detained at the national police station. The following day, he was transferred to the Lomé prison. **New case and update to IFEX […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arrest of a Togolese journalist.
According to RSF’s information, on 10 November 1998, Edoh Amewouho, a
journalist with the private weekly “Le Nouveau Combat”, was arrested and
detained at the national police station. The following day, he was
transferred to the Lomé prison.
**New case and update to IFEX alert of 11 August 1998**
This arrest follows the publication in the 6 to 13 August edition of “Le
Nouveau Combat” of two articles entitled “The widow Mrs. Bobi Mobutu demands
Mrs. Badagnaki Eyadéma return her seventeen trunks of jewels which went
missing in Lomé ” and “Eyadéma begs for a letter of congratulations from the
great Chirac.” On 6 August, three other journalists were arrested further to
the publication of these articles. Two were released after a few days’
incarceration without any charges retained against them, but Elias Hounkali,
journalist with “Le Nouveau Combat”, is still being held without trial.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the Prime Minister:
respected and that the two journalists are released
your opinion that journalists found guilty of professional misconduct should
be given a fair penalty in accordance with international protocol
and Political Rights, Article 19 of which guarantees the right to inform and
be informed, as well as the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights,
Article 9 of which guarantees these same rights
towards the international community
Appeals To
Mr. Kwassi Klutsé
Prime Minister
La Primature
Lomé, Togo
Fax: +228 21 20 40 / +228 21 08 50
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
