Three-month jail sentences and fines have been imposed on Omar Belhouchet, the editor of Algeria's French-language daily El Watan, and one of his reporters, Salima Tlemçani, in a libel action dating back to a 2004 article that referred to a faith healer as an imposter. .
"The sentence is utterly disproportionate", said the Paris-based press watchdog Reporters Without Borders. The pair remain free pending an appeal. (Via Reporters without Borders)
