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Mauritania Politics | Society | Media Mauritania President "tried to stop journalist's detention" afrol News, 17 June - Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi says he had tried to hinder the detention of editor Mohamed Nema Oumar, who is accused libelling and insulting a Senator, but a Nouakchott court had insisted on his arrest.Mohamed Nema Oumar, the publisher of the privately-owned, Arabic language weekly 'Al-Houriya', was arrested on 12 June as he left the VIP lounge at Nouakchott international airport after accompanying the President on an official visit to Libya, for which he was accredited as press representative. The detention took part despite protests by the Head of State. By staff writer © afrol News - Create an e-mail alert for Mauritania news - Create an e-mail alert for Politics news - Create an e-mail alert for Society news - Create an e-mail alert for Media news |
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