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The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) termed as „scandalous” on Wednesday the court case beginning today in Niger against two journalists who want to make a film report on the rebellion of the Tuareg in the north of the country. The journalists Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson are threatened with a death sentence for infringement of state security. „The Niger authorities are frittering away all international credibility if they continue with dubious court cases to silence journalists who are only trying to carry out their work with a politically independent report on the escalating Tuareg conflict”, said the GfbV Africa correspondent, Ulrich Delius.
The GfbV draws attention to the fact that another journalist from Niger, Moussa Kaka, has now been held for 120 days (Tippfehler im dt. Text) in prison for a similar offence. The director of the private radio-station, Radio Saraounia, and correspondent for Radio France Internationale has also been for many years a partner of Deutsche Welle. His station broadcasts daily programmes of the Deutsche Welle in French and Haussa.
Moussa Kaka has been charged with „high treason” because he conducted interviews with Tuareg rebels. He faces a lifetime sentence. Before his arrest on 20th September 2007 he was frequently threatened by the security forces, reports Delius. In the nineties he attracted attention throughout the country with his comprehensive reports on the Tuareg conflict.
Tuareg had sent out a call to arms again in January 2007 following the breakdown of the peace process. The nomads feel themselves disadvantaged by the government and demand more assistance for their region. Since then more than 100 people have lost their lives in attacks by the Turaeg fighters and assaults of the army against the civilian population. So far the Niger government has relied on a military victory against the rebel movement and refuses a genuine dialogue, criticised the GfbV. With it repressive policy against journalists the government is preventing any independent reporting on the Tuareg conflict and its background.
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