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Wadda's Senegal is turning into little Gambia.
Suntou

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM, RSF Africa / RSF Afrique
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> Français (
> http://fr.rsf.org/senegal-un-directeur-de-publication-28-08-2010,38230.html
> )
> English (
> http://en.rsf.org/senegal-newspaper-editor-gets-six-months-28-08-2010,38231.html
> )
>
> *Reporters sans frontières (http://www.rsf.org)*
> *Communiqué de presse*
>
> 28 août 2010
>
> *SÉNÉGAL*
>
> *Un directeur de publication condamné à six mois de prison ferme*
>
> Reporters sans frontières exprime sa déception après qu'une peine de six
> mois d'emprisonnement a été prononcée contre le journaliste *Abdourahmane
> Diallo*, pour une affaire qui oppose son journal, le quotidien *Express
> News*, à Pape Samba Mboup, ministre et chef de cabinet du président de la
> République, Abdoulaye Wade. Le journaliste n'a pas été arrêté.
>
> "Cette affaire comporte deux questions distinctes, celle de savoir si le
> journal a commis une faute, et celle de savoir comment il doit être
> sanctionné. Le caractère diffamatoire des propos tenus par *Express News*,
> pris au piège d'accusations injurieuses entre adversaires politiques, ne
> fait pas de doute. Faut-il pour autant envoyer son directeur de publication
> en prison ? Cette condamnation est à la fois inadaptée, injuste, et
> contre-productive. Pour que ce type d'incident ne se reproduise plus, il est
> urgent de modifier la loi sur le régime des médias et de dépénaliser les
> délits de presse", a déclaré l'organisation, qui formule cette
> recommandation auprès des autorités sénégalaises depuis plusieurs années.
> Le 26 août 2010, le tribunal correctionnel de Dakar a rendu son délibéré
> dans l'affaire *Express News*, après deux reports, et a reconnu
> Abdourahmane Diallo, directeur de publication du journal, coupable de
> "diffamation". Le journaliste a écopé d'une peine de deux ans
> d'emprisonnement, dont six mois ferme, et un mandat d'arrêt a été lancé
> contre lui. Quant au groupe *Express News*, reconnu civilement
> responsable, il doit payer au chef de cabinet du chef de l'Etat, au titre de
> "réparation", la somme de 20 millions de francs CFA (environ 30 000 euros).
> Le tribunal a ordonné la publication de cette décision dans la presse
> locale.
>
> Le journaliste ne s'est pas présenté devant le juge, mais certains
> journalistes locaux affirment qu'il n'a jamais reçu de citation à
> comparaître. L'avocat d'*Express News* souhaite faire opposition puisque
> le jugement a été rendu par défaut, en l'absence des accusés.
>
> Dans son édition du 23 juin dernier, *Express News* avait titré en une
> "Pape Samba Mboup est un mercenaire politique toujours à la solde de celui
> qui a les poches pleines." Le lendemain, il titrait "M. Mboup est considéré
> comme un danger permanent pour le régime et il viole les secrets d'Etat",
> avant d'ajouter "Pape Samba Mboup est un soulard et un intrigant, il n'est
> pas crédible". Le journal relayait ainsi les propos d'un groupe de jeunes
> issus de son propre parti, mais favorables à son adversaire, Farba
> Senghor.
>
> *-----*
> *SENEGAL*
>
> *Newspaper editor gets six months in prison for defaming president’s chief
> of staff*
>
> Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by the six-month jail
> sentence which a Dakar court has imposed on *Abdourahmane Diallo*, the
> editor of the *Express News* daily, for defaming President Abdoulaye
> Wade’s chief of staff, Pape Samba Mboup. A warrant has been issued for the
> arrest of Diallo, who was tried in absentia, but he has not yet been
> detained.
>
> “There are two distinct aspects to this matter,” Reporters Without Borders
> said. “One is whether the newspaper was in the wrong. The other is what
> penalty should be imposed. It is clear that the comments published by *Express
> News*, which let itself be used in an exchange of insults between
> political rivals, were defamatory. But does that mean its editor has to go
> to prison?”
>
> The press freedom organisation added: “This sentence is inappropriate,
> unjust and counter-productive. To prevent this kind of incident from
> recurring, the media law needs to be quickly amended in order to
> decriminalise press offences, something we have been urging the Senegalese
> authorities to do for years.”
>
> The Dakar criminal court that had tried Diallo in absentia finally issued
> its verdict on 26 August, after two postponements. It imposed a six-month
> jail term on the editor, together with a suspended sentence of an additional
> 18 months in prison, and ordered the newspaper to pay Mboup 20 million CFA
> francs (30,000 euros) in damages. The court also ordered the local press to
> publish its decision.
>
> Diallo did not appear in court and some local journalists claimed that he
> never received a summons to appear. The newspaper’s lawyer said he would
> appeal on the grounds that the verdict was issued in the absence of the
> defendants.
>
> The case was brought over comments about Mboup that *Express News*published on 23 and 24 June. The source was a group of young ruling party
> members who support Farba Senghor, the head of a faction opposed Mboup, but
> the newspaper published them as if they were statements of fact.
> The newspaper’s front-page headline on 23 June was: “Pape Samba Mboup is a
> political mercenary still in the pay of the person with full pockets.” The
> next day it ran the headline: “Mboup is seen as a permanent danger for the
> regime and violates state secrets.” It added: “Pape Samba Mboup is a
> drunkard and a conspirator, and is not credible.”
>
>         ---
>  Ambroise PIERRE
> Bureau Afrique / Africa Desk
> Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders
> 47, rue Vivienne
> 75002 Paris, France
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