Benin: Opening of the Trial of a Writer Close to the Democrats After a Publication on the Networks

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In Benin, charged on 12 June 2025 with "harassment through electronic communication and publication of false news", the young writer Julien Kande Kanssou, activist of the opposition party Les Démocrates appeared on Tuesday 1 July before the Court for the Suppression of Economic Offences (Criet). This was the first hearing and the judges opened the proceedings immediately. The accused was questioned about his writings in the presence of his three…