Mali frees on bail regime media critic

Alfousseyni Togo had called into question some of the statements attributed to the Malian Seals Guard. Incarcerated on 9 April, he was released on Monday, 12 May, after paying bail. His trial is scheduled for 12 June.

Mali frees on bail regime media critic

Mali on Monday freed on bail a journalist detained a month ago for criticism of the ruling junta, a judicial source said. Alfousseini Togo, director of Le Canard de la Venise weekly, was arrested on April 9 on allegations of disturbing public order and defaming the legal system. He was accused of criticising Justice Minister Mamoudou Kassogue and Mali’s cybercrime fighting unit in an article titled “Malian Justice or the Evil of the Century: The…