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6 journalists arrested in Ivory Coast for spreading ‘false news’

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6 journalists arrested in Ivory Coast for spreading 'false news'

Authorities in Ivory Coast have apprehended six journalist for spreading ‘false news’ after reporting about a mutiny by security forces.

Among the six arrested journalists were three media owners who reported about a possible mutiny after elite forces became the latest troops to protest over pay in recent weeks in the West African nation, firing into the air in the army barracks town of Adiake.

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“Regarding recent action taken by the military… we have come to believe that certain media organisations are spreading false information in a bid to encourage soldiers to revolt,” said a statement from the public prosecutor broadcast on national television on Sunday.

The editor and owner of the independent dailies L’Inter and SoirInfo were arrested and held in a police camp in the capital Abidjan, along with the editors and owners of the opposition newspapers Le Temps and Notre Voie.

 

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