Media protest over arrested journalist in Togo

[WorldNews]

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Some 50 journalists on Friday staged a sit-in near police headquarters in Togo's capital, Lome, to demand the release of a colleague held on suspicion of defaming the country's security minister. Bonero Lawson-Betum, head of the monthly publication La Nouvelle, was arrested and placed in custody on May 19 in connection with a series of articles on his Facebook page. Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) described the journalist's detention as "arbitrary" and urged the Togolese authorities to free him immediately.

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