The Togolese newspaper Liberté announces that it has been suspended again for three months, following the case of a young man shot dead on the road to Tabligbo last month.
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has once again reacted to the release of the two Togolese journalists arrested last month for defaming some members of government. This time the Paris based NGO calls on Togo's leaders to lift juridical control on the colleagues
Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah, the two Togolese journalists arrested since December 10, 2021, were released on Friday December 31. A Conditional freedom.
Isidore Kouwonou, the Togolese journalist who is under judicial supervision in the case of his detained colleagues, Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah, was heard yesterday by the senior investigating magistrate of the Lomé Court.
Like the Paris-based organization RSF, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has also called on the Togolese authorities to release the colleagues Ferdinand Ayité, Joël Egah and to lift judicial review on Isidore Kowonou.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), asks Togolese authorities to respect the decriminalization of press offenses and to proceed with the release of the journalist Ferdinand Ayité.
The Chief editor of the newspaper "L’Alternative" Ferdinand Ayité remained in police custody at the Brigade de Recherches et d'Investigations (BRI) of the Togolese National Police, the newspaper announced on Thursday evening.
After, L'Alternative, L'indépendance Express and others, it is the weekly "The Guardian" which is the subject of suspension by the Togolese authorities, as usual, the media personnel in Togo are opposed to this umpteenth decision.
