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Moussa Kaka: journalists’ association calls for investigation in Niger

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Moussa Kaka: journalists’ association calls for investigation in Niger

The Togolese association Journalistes pour les droits de l’homme is asking Nigerien authorities to disclose where journalist Moussa Kaka is being held, the conditions of his detention and the allegations against him. Its president is also calling for a judicial investigation, after Niger’s justice minister said Kaka was alive in detention, RFI reports.

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