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CPJ calls on Mauritania government to release blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed

February 20, 2019 12:55 PM EST

CPJ calls on Mohamedoun Daddah, Mauritania’s ambassador to the United States, to meet to discuss the wrongful imprisonment of blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed, who was scheduled to be released in late 2017.

Mauritania journalist held in connection with critical article

January 21, 2014 3:26 PM EST

New York, January 21, 2014–Authorities in Mauritania should drop charges against a journalist who has been detained since January 2, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed has been held in connection with an article he wrote that was deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad.