(MFWA/IFEX) – Moulaye Najim, a journalist with “Points Chauds” newspaper, and Abdel Ould Sejad, his assistant, were jailed on October 19, 2005 for allegedly publishing pornographic pictures taken at Nouakchott Civilian Prison. Najim has since been released, but Sejad remains in jail. The State Prosecutor said the charge against Najim and Sejad is provided for […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – Moulaye Najim, a journalist with “Points Chauds” newspaper, and Abdel Ould Sejad, his assistant, were jailed on October 19, 2005 for allegedly publishing pornographic pictures taken at Nouakchott Civilian Prison. Najim has since been released, but Sejad remains in jail.
The State Prosecutor said the charge against Najim and Sejad is provided for under Section 231 of the Penal Code and Section 05 of the law on broadcast media productions. These sections impose prison terms of one to three years on “anyone who broadcasts or publish images showing total human nudity which are unacceptable.”
According to Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)-Mauritania sources, “Points Chauds” published pornographic pictures of Nagi Ahmed Jiddou, a prisoner who had been sentenced to 21 years in jail for murdering his mother.
The pictures were reportedly taken at the office of the prison warden at Nouakchott Civilian Prison. The journalists were sent to the same prison, placing them at the mercy of the prison officers whose practices they have denounced.
