US EditionAfrica: Ivory Coast - IFJ Demands Immediate Release of Exiled Journalist Extradited to Benin
IVORY COAST, JUL 17 – Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe was arrested during a conference and extradited despite refugee status, facing multiple charges including cyber harassment and incitement in Benin.
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Journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè forcibly extradited to Benin - Committee to Protect Journalists
Dakar, July 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Beninese authorities to release Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè, publishing director of the banned online Beninese weekly newspaper Olofofo Info, following his arrest in Côte d’Ivoire on July 10. He was then extradited to Benin, despite his refugee status in Togo. “The forcible transfer of journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpé by Côte d’Ivoire to Benin, despite his refugee status in Tog…
Africa: Ivory Coast - IFJ Demands Immediate Release of Exiled Journalist Extradited to Benin
Press Release - Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports, he was invited by the Ivorian Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation to attend a forum on new technologies in Abidjan,Ivory Coast, from 9 to 11 July.
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