Algeria seeks 18 months jail for journalist for defamation Tue 16th March 2021 | 05:40 PM
Algiers, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Mar, 2021 ) :Prosecutors in Algeria are seeking an 18-month prison sentence for a journalist on charges including defamation, a penalty Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has slammed as disproportionate .
The communications ministry has accused Abdelhakim Setouane, editor-in-chief of Arabic-language newssite Essafir Broadcast, of defamation , invasion of privacy , journalistic blackmail and publishing malicious information .
The accusations stem from an article alleging the speaker of the lower house of parliament was having an extra-marital affair, the media rights group said Monday.
The court in Sidi M hamed on Monday sought 18 months in jail for Setouane, who has been in custody since October 20.
Algeria seeks 18 months jail for journalist for defamation
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