UPDATE
Posted August 16, 2007
August 5, 2007
Original Alert: July 3, 2007
Guy-Christian Mavioga, L’Espoir
IMPRISONED
Director Mavioga of the private periodical L’Espoir was released from custody in the capital, Libreville. Movioga had been hospitalized for back pain and respiratory problems while serving a one-month prison sentence in connection with an article critical of President Omar Bongo, according to local journalists. His newspaper remained suspended by state regulators.