Journalist arrested by the police and forcefully taken to the Police Headquarters

In Chad, journalist Olivier Monodji was heard on Monday 24 March by an investigating judge in Ndjamena. The editor of the weekly Le Pays was charged with intelligence with foreign power for his writings in this media. Moreover, RFI correspondent in Chad, Olivier Monodji had been arrested on Wednesday 5 March and placed in police custody at the Judicial Police Coordination in Ndjamena.

“The Police Headquarters made a statement that gave explanation and justification in compliance with what are the protocols on the circumstances in which certain episodes occur. Disproportion in strength? I have no reason to believe that there is anything other than what is written in the Police Headquarters statement.” This was stated by the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosis, on the sidelines of the Agriculture village, on the back of…

He was stopped, handcuffed, thrown to the ground and taken to the police station and, now, he risks being reported for resistance to a public official. This is what happened to the Cosenza journalist Gabriele Carchidi, director of the blog 'Iacchité'. (BEND)

Director of an information portal, Gabriele Carchidi was stopped while walking down the street. “I heard that one of them was trying to climb me with his guts...

Gabriele Carchidi, the Calabrian journalist arrested Saturday by the Cosenza police, tells Fanpage