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French TV crew may face Niger death penalty
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Dec 22, 2007 09:48pm |
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| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Sunday, December 23, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson are accused of violating the terms of their media accreditation to film a report about bird flu in the southern city of Maradi, instead traveling to film rebel fighters in the country's Saharan north.
Northern Niger has been under a state of alert since August and foreign reporters are banned as part of efforts to combat rebels who have killed at least 49 government security personnel since they launched their uprising in February.
The Niger Justice Movement (MNJ), led by light-skinned Tuareg nomadic tribesmen, says its members are fighting for more autonomy from the black African-led government in the south and for a greater share of their region's mineral wealth.
The government dismisses them as bandits and smugglers.
Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres this week demanded the release of reporter Dandois and cameraman Creisson, who were employed by Camicas Productions and were in Niger compiling a report for European TV station ARTE. |
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