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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Apollinnaire-Mewenemesse-granted-by-Ricardo-Agouzou.jpeg1080924Dakar, April 1, 2024—Togolese authorities must release journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse, drop all legal proceedings against him, and reform the country’s laws to prevent journalists from being arrested for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. An investigating judge charged Mewenemesse, publishing director of the privately owned weekly newspaper La Dépêche, with numerous defamation,...