(RSF/IFEX) – On 18 September 2006, Coulibaly Seydou, the managing editor of the privately-owned daily “Le Jour Plus”, Frédéric Koffi, its editor, and Edouard Gonto, one of its journalists, were jointly fined a total of 15 million CFA francs (22,867 euros) by an Abidjan court for “contempt of the head of state” in an article […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 18 September 2006, Coulibaly Seydou, the managing editor of the privately-owned daily “Le Jour Plus”, Frédéric Koffi, its editor, and Edouard Gonto, one of its journalists, were jointly fined a total of 15 million CFA francs (22,867 euros) by an Abidjan court for “contempt of the head of state” in an article that said President Gbagbo’s wife was partly to blame for the dumping of toxic waste in Abidjan.
Their lawyer has filed an appeal, and until the outcome is known, they will not have to pay the fine.
