The editor of Al-Aqsa, an Arabic-language weekly in Mauritania, Abdel Fettah Ould Abeidna, has been jailed for libel. He was taken to prison immediately after landing from Dubai, following his extradition from the UAE. He was originally sentenced to a year's jail in November 2007 on a charge of criminally libelling a businessman. (Via AllAfrica.com)
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