Free press advocates call on Niger to reverse ‘disastrous’ fine for FinCEN Files reporter ...Middle East

Media defense organizations have called upon Niger authorities to overturn a decision that fined investigative journalist, Moussa Aksar, for reporting on one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. A court last week in the West African capital, Niamey, fined Aksar more than $2,100 (1800 euros) following a complaint made by an individual who was mentioned in an investigation by Aksar into an alleged military procurement scandal. “This decision is an encouragement to bad governance and an attack on investigative journalism in Niger,” Arnaud Froger, Africa desk director of Reporters Without Borders, said in a statement. “The message sent is simply disastrous.” Recommended r

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