Cameroonian newspaper editor jailed for defamation

From Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa Tue Apr 15 2014, 19:09:21

New York, April 15, 2014--Authorities in Cameroon should release a newspaper editor who has been imprisoned since March 29 after being convicted of criminal defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Friday, a judge postponed indefinitely a bail hearing for Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus, according to news reports....

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