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Proposed law would impose jail terms for publishing "false news" in Togo

18 November 2015
Committee to Protect Journalists

Article 497 of the law proposes a prison sentence of up to two years and a fine up to 2 million CFA francs for "the publication, dissemination, or reproduction by any means whatsoever of false news, fabricated parts, falsified or falsely attributed to third parties where, in bad faith, this disturbs the public peace, or is likely to disturb it," according to news reports.

Attacks Togo Freedom of Assembly

Togo: 19 students injured, 12 arrested in clashes with gendarmes

Students were arrested and injured in clashes with gendarmes after trying to protest "arbitrary criteria" that the University of Lomé has introduced for granting scholarships.

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa‎ 3 March 2014

Former officer charged for saying military should play role of arbiter in Togo

Oliver Poko Amah, a former senior officer of the Togolese Gendaremie, has been detained and charged with "inciting the military to revolt". He was charged after allegedly stating on the radio that the Togolese Armed Forces should play the role of an arbiter.

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa‎ 4 June 2013

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Togolese journalist allegedly targeted, injured in hit-and-run attack

Koffi Djidonou Frédéric Attipou was injured in a hit-and-run attack on 3 April 2013. Attipou said that an occupant of one of the vehicles threatened him for being "one who sullies the image of the country by sending images abroad."

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists‎ 5 April 2013

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‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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Police assault photojournalist

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‎ Reporters Without Borders

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Police clamp down on demonstrators

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Togo 30 March 2011
Media outlets protest to demand reopening of three radio stations

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

Togo 22 March 2011
Regulatory authority closes down another radio station

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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News magazine's appeal hearing adjourned, ban remains in place

‎ Reporters Without Borders

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Authorities shut down three radio stations

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

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