1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgBill Sweeneyhttps://cpj.org/author/bsweeney/In Niger, editor jailed over corruption story - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZbplcMeJaw"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/01/in-niger-editor-jailed-over-corruption-story/">In Niger, editor jailed over corruption story</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/01/in-niger-editor-jailed-over-corruption-story/embed/#?secret=ZbplcMeJaw" width="600" height="338" title="“In Niger, editor jailed over corruption story” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="ZbplcMeJaw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, January 27, 2009--The editor of an independent newspaper in the West African nation of Niger was jailed Monday in connection with an investigative story alleging corruption in the finance ministry, according to local journalists. https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260