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Legal Action
September 11
Marcel Mokwapi, Le Novateur, IMPRISONED, LEGAL ACTION
Mokwapi, managing editor of the weekly Le Novateur, was arrested for defamation in connection with articles published in the June and August issues of Le Novateur criticizing the slowness of the country's judicial system. He was detained until Sept. 18, when he was convicted, fined 500,000 CFA (US$975), and ordered to pay damages to the plaintiff, Judge Alain Gbaziale, in the symbolic amount of one CFA.
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