Three managing editors of privately-owned newspapers in Lome, the capital of Togo will on June 9, 2010 reappear before a Magistrate Court over criminal charges relating to "false publication" and "criminal defamation".
The journalists, Zeus K. Aziadouvo of Liberté , Jean-Baptiste K. D. Dzilan of Forum de la Semaine and Glakpé K. Olivier of the Journal Le Correcteur have since made two appearances in court after they were arraigned on May 19.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)'s correspondent reported that the trial of the editors followed a complaint filed by the country's Inspector General of Police (IGP) over a May 8 publications that the editors carried in their respective newspapers. The newspapers had blamed two policemen of the motor traffic unit of allegedly causing the deaths of a commercial motor rider and his female passenger, after the rider had committed an offence by jumping a traffic light.
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