**Updates IFEX alert dated 11 June 1996** On 27 June 1996, Sud Communication, the privately-owned Senegalese media company, was fined 500 million CFA (US$ 1 million) for public defamation of The Mimran Group, a sugar-importing company. A Magistrates’ Court judge ordered Sud Communication to pay the fine to Jean Claude Mimran, president of The Mimran […]
**Updates IFEX alert dated 11 June 1996**
On 27 June 1996, Sud Communication, the privately-owned
Senegalese media company, was fined 500 million CFA (US$ 1
million) for public defamation of The Mimran Group, a
sugar-importing company. A Magistrates’ Court judge ordered Sud
Communication to pay the fine to Jean Claude Mimran, president of
The Mimran Group. In addition, the following were each sentenced
to one month in prison: Abdoulaye Ndiaga Sylla, first
vice-president of Sud Communication and director of “Sud
Quotidien”; Sidy Gaye, editor-in-chief of “Sud Quotidien”; and
reporters Bocar Niang, Mame Oll Faye and Ibrahim Sarr. Babacar
Toure, chairperson and president of Sud Communication, was
acquitted.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
unjustified for a civil suit
Communication and sentence the five media workers to one month in
prison
Appeals To
His Excellency Abdou Diouf
President of Senegal
Dakar, Senegal
c/o the Senegalese diplomatic representative in your country
(in Canada)
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
57 Marlborough Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8E8
Tel: +1 613 238 6392
Fax: +1 613 238 2695
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