Newspaper publisher pardoned after serving 43 days of 6-month prison term

Faustin Bambou, Les Collines de l’Oubangui

IMPRISONED

Director Faustin Bambou of the private biweekly Les Collines de l’Oubangui was released from prison on a partial presidential pardon, according to news reports and local journalists. 

Bambou told CPJ he contracted the flu and malaria while sharing a cell with six or seven cellmates. He was serving a six-month prison sentence on charges of incitement to revolt over a story alleging a high-profile political scandal.