(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ reports that journalist Touhami Madjouri, who was arrested on or around 16 June 1998, was released the following day. **Updates IFEX alert dated 17 June 1998** Background Information According to an alert issued by Reporters sans frontières, Madjouri, who works for the privately-owned Arab-language daily “El-Alam Essiassi”, was arrested after having […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ reports that journalist Touhami Madjouri, who was
arrested on or around 16 June 1998, was released the following day.
**Updates IFEX alert dated 17 June 1998**
Background Information
According to an alert issued by Reporters sans frontières, Madjouri, who
works for the privately-owned Arab-language daily “El-Alam Essiassi”, was
arrested after having gone to the airport to pick up a package of books that
he had shipped from Jordan. Madjouri could have been arrested because one of
the books in the package did not appear on the invoice (see IFEX alert).
