FrontPage
CountryPage Archives FreshNews Editors Publish About
MOZAMBIQUE
ARCHITECT AFRICA NETWORK (tm)

Three Journalists Convicted of Threatening State Security Over Article Questioning Prime Minister's Citizenship

Sat, 09/06/2008 - 23:00 — system
Three Journalists Convicted of Threatening State Security Over Article Questioning Prime Minister's Citizenship - Three journalists working for "Zambeze" newspaper, an independent publication, charged for allegedly defaming the Prime Minister of Mozambique, Luísa Diogo, and of threatening state security, have been sentenced to 6 months in prison, converted to a monetary fine of 30 Mozambican Meticais (US$1.20). The ruling was made on 29 August 2008. [AA Network News]