Chad: Ngaradoumbé freed pending appeal hearing in "encouraging" development

Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the N’Djaména appeal court’s decision to provisionally release Samory Ngaradoumbé, the editorial coordinator of the privately-owned weekly L’Observateur, pending an appeal hearing on 22 September. He had been serving a three-month prison sentence since 18 July. "It is an encouraging sign to see Samory Ngaradoumbé walk out of prison, even if we have had to wait nearly two months for it," the press freedom organisation said. "The court granted him the right to remain free until his appeal hearing, a right that should be accorded to all of the journalists imprisoned in Chad."