Algeria: Mohamed Benchicou remains imprisoned
Le Monde relates that Algerian editor Mohamed Benchicou will remain imprisoned. The editor of Le Matin has been imprisoned in June 2004, his newspaper has folded in July 2004. Benchicou was charged with defamation, as a consequence of the publication of an article in Le Matin, which covered testimonies of young Algerians who had been tortured by the special forces of the police, with links to the Ministry of Defense. The editor also published a pamphlet entitled "Boutefilka- an Algerian fraud" (Bouteflika, une imposture algérienne), which attacks the Algerian President. He remains imprisoned for defamation.
Source: Le Monde
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