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The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Gabon publisher arrested for offending president

A publisher in Gabon has been arrested and his newspaper has been suspended after it ran an editorial critical of the president, Omar Bongo. Guy-Christian Mavioga was detained on a charge of offending the head of state in an editorial headlined "The last days of Bongo." A day later his paper, L'Espoir, was suspended for violating media laws. In recent years several Gabon papers and broadcast outlets have been subjected to suspensions. (Via AllAfrica.com)

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