Djibouti: Unfair trial / Prisoners of conscience

Djibouti: Unfair trial / Prisoners of conscience

Index AI: AFR 23/007/1999
Date de publication: 28 septembre 1999
Catégories: Djibouti, Afrique, Afrique de l'Est

Amnesty International is very concerned by a recent government crackdown on the last two remaining opposition newspapers circulating in Djibouti. Moussa Ahmed Idriss, Ali Meidal Wais and Daher Ahmed Farah, three journalists, were arrested and charged with diffusion de fausses nouvelles, "spreading false news", likely to "demoralize the army".