Mauritania: Journalist detained in anti-Islamist raid released
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ebilmaali, editor-in-chief of the independent daily "Akhbar Nouakchott", was freed on 21 May 2005 after being held for three days. Following his release, he told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the police wanted him to show them the hiding place of Jemil Ould Mansour, an Islamist opposition leader he had recently interviewed.
ALERT UPDATE - MAURITANIA
27 May 2005
Journalist detained in anti-Islamist raid released
SOURCE: Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Paris
**Updates IFEX alert of 20 May 2005**
(RSF/IFEX) - Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ebilmaali, editor-in-chief of the
independent daily "Akhbar Nouakchott", was freed on 21 May 2005 after being
held for three days.
Following his release, he told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the police
wanted him to show them the hiding place of Jemil Ould Mansour, an Islamist
opposition leader he had recently interviewed.
"They also wanted to use me to find other fugitives, which I flatly refused
to do," added Ebilmaali, who also writes for the Arabic-language edition of
the daily "Nouakchott-Info" and is a stringer for the German public radio
station Deutsche-Welle.
For further information, contact Léonard Vincent at RSF, 5, rue Geoffroy
Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51,
e-mail: [email protected], Internet: http://www.rsf.org
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RSF. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit
RSF.
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MISE À JOUR D'ALERTE - MAURITANIE
Le 27 mai 2005
Un journaliste raflé lors d'une opération anti-islamiste remis en liberté
SOURCE: Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Paris
**Mise à jour d'une alerte de l'IFEX du 20 mai 2005**
(RSF/IFEX) - Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ebilmaali, rédacteur en chef du quotidien
indépendant "Akhbar Nouakchott", journaliste de la version arabe du
quotidien "Nouakchott-Info" et correspondant local de la radio publique
allemande Deutsche-Welle (DW), a été libéré le 21 mai 2005, après trois
jours de détention.
"La police voulait que je leur montre où se cache Jemil Ould Mansour. Elle
voulait également se servir de moi pour retrouver les autres fugitifs, ce
que j'ai catégoriquement refusé", a-t-il déclaré à l'Agence France-Presse
(AFP) après sa libération.
Pour tout renseignement complémentaire, veuillez contacter Léonard Vincent,
RSF, 5, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tél: +33 1 44 83 84 84,
téléc: +33 1 45 23 11 51, courrier électronique: [email protected], Internet:
http://www.rsf.org
RSF est responsable de toute information contenue dans cette mise à jour
d'alerte. En citant cette information, prière de bien vouloir l'attribuer à
RSF.
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