A newspaper editor in Cameroon has been charged with criminal defamation for publishing documents about a bus company labour dispute.
Jean-Marie Tchatchouang, who edits the weekly Paroles, was prosecuted after the company's owner complained about a story alleging that he and his wife had embezzled public subsidies and employed abusive labour practices.
An executive with the New York-based press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists, said: "We call on the magistrates hearing this case to dismiss the criminal case... as this prosecution appears to be an attempt to intimidate a journalist from reporting on alleged corruption."
Source: CPJ
