Two journalists in jail in Nigeria are caught in a bizarre Catch 22 situation. Imo Eze, editor of the Ebonyi Voice, and one of his journalists, Oluwole Elenyinmi, were arrested on charges of conspiracy, sedition and libelling the Ebonyi state governor in an article which accused the state government of mismanagement and corruption. Two months ago a judge granted them bail but only on condition that a state government official stands surety for them. In other words, they must find someone within the administration they have criticised to support them, a task that has unsurprisingly proved impossible for them to achieve. (Via Reporters sans frontières - AFRICA)
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