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– Niger: Journalist Ali Soumana granted provisional release after 2 months in detention (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 22, 2017

A High Court in Niger on September 11, 2017 granted provisional release to Ali Soumana, director of publication of a private weekly newspaper, Le Courrier, after more than two months in detention.
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