Togo Detains TV5 Monde Journalist, Forces Deletion of Protest Videos

Togo Detains TV5 Monde Journalist, Forces Deletion of Protest Videos

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to investigate and hold accountable the gendarmes who detained journalist Flore Monteau and forced her to delete footage she took of anti-government protests on June 6. Monteau was released the same day.

Togo detains TV5 Monde journalist, forces deletion of protest videos - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dakar, Senegal, June 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to investigate and hold accountable the gendarmes who detained journalist Flore Monteau and forced her to delete footage she took of anti-government protests on June 6. Monteau was released the same day. “The arrest of Flore Monteau continues a pattern of censorship through detention by Togolese law enforcement,” said Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s Francophone A…