1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgLauren Wolfehttps://cpj.org/author/lwolfe/Court rejects jailed Senegalese journalist's appeal - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="00oLX5xeO5"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/02/court-rejects-jailed-senegalese-journalists-appeal/">Court rejects jailed Senegalese journalist’s appeal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/02/court-rejects-jailed-senegalese-journalists-appeal/embed/#?secret=00oLX5xeO5" width="600" height="338" title="“Court rejects jailed Senegalese journalist’s appeal” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="00oLX5xeO5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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An appeals court in the Senegalese capital of Dakar upheld a three-year prison sentence against imprisoned editor El Malick Seck on February 23, 2009, according to international and local news reports. The case involved an editorial implicating President Abdoulaye Wade and his son Karim in an alleged money-laundering scandal.https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260