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Mauritania - Journalist released, website allowed to reopen - 18.03.2009

Mauritania: Online Journalist Arrested, News Website Blocked and Journalists’ Sit-in Attacked

Abbass Ould Braham, a Mauritanian online journalist was arrested this past Monday, 16 March 2009, for an article he published on Taqadoumy website. News of his arrest was reported by Taqadoumy.com and echoed by number of Mauritanian websites.
Abbass’s article “Deep into Mauritania: A Cross-Section of the new Mauritanian Regime” (in arabic) deals with the [...]