Niger: Two French journalists granted bail
The Niamey magistrate court trying two French journalists accused of “underming state security” of Niger, on January 18, 2008 granted them bail. The court ordered Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson, journalist and cameraman respectively of French German Television (ARTE), to pay an amount of 10 million CFA francs (about 22, 360 US$) each before they would be released.
Niger UPDATE: Two French Journalists granted bail
The Niamey magistrate court trying two French journalists accused of “underming state security” of Niger, on January 18, 2008 granted them bail.
The court ordered Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson, journalist and cameraman respectively of French German Television (ARTE), to pay an amount of 10 million CFA francs (about 22, 360 US$) each before they would be released.
The two journalists were arrested and detained on December 17, 2007. Four days later on December 21, they were sent to prison.
The Nigerien authorities accused the journalists of violating the blackout on the activities of the Tuareg’s Nigerien People’s Movement for Justice (MNJ).
Prof. Kwame Karikari
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