Radio FM Liberté wins case against government

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Journaliste en danger (JED)

9 June 2004

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(JED/IFEX) – On 2 June 2004, the administrative chamber of N’Djamena’s Supreme Court, in the Chadian capital, ordered the government to pay six million CFA francs (approx. US$11,200) in damages to the N’Djamena-based community radio station FM Liberté, for losses incurred when the station was forced to close between 21 October and 9 December 2003.

(JED/IFEX) – On 2 June 2004, the administrative chamber of N’Djamena’s Supreme Court, in the Chadian capital, ordered the government to pay six million CFA francs (approx. US$11,200) in damages to the N’Djamena-based community radio station FM Liberté, for losses incurred when the station was forced to close between 21 October and 9 December 2003.

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