The journalist Ferdinand Ayité remained in police custody on Thursday, at the Brigade de Recherches et d'Investigations of the Togolese National Police.
ARTICLE 19 urges the Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC) in Togo to reconsider its decision to suspend the bi-weekly « L’Alternative » newspaper for four months, accusing it of publishing false information about the Minister of Town Planning, Housing and Land Reform.