Algerian newspaper employees jailed
According to Alfred de Montesquiou of the AP Algerian newspaper workers were jailed three months in December for defamation. The Algiers criminal court sentenced the manager and reporter of an independent daily for an "article that accused a doctor of being a 'charlatan' and practicing exorcism."
"El Watan was one of the only Algerian independent newspapers to publicly oppose President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's reform of the Algerian constitution last month to abolish presidential term limits," de Montesquiou wrote.
El Watan's manager suggested the trials were politically motivated.
"Authorities are trying to intimidate or quiet down the free-speaking press ahead of key elections," he told the AP.
From:Â http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28369128/
"El Watan was one of the only Algerian independent newspapers to publicly oppose President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's reform of the Algerian constitution last month to abolish presidential term limits," de Montesquiou wrote.
El Watan's manager suggested the trials were politically motivated.
"Authorities are trying to intimidate or quiet down the free-speaking press ahead of key elections," he told the AP.
From:Â http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28369128/
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