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Appeals court suspends prison sentences for two journalists sued by Qathafi
Algeria, Politics, 4/9/2007
Reporters Without Borders spoke of an Algiers appeals court's decision last Wednesday to give two journalists suspended sentences of six months in prison and a fine of 50,000 dinars (approx. 530 euros) instead of the 12-month jail terms and fine of 500,000 dinars (approx. 5,300 euros) requested by the prosecutor. The appeal court also rejected the prosecutor's request for the newspaper to be suspended for a year due to lawsuit relating to Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi.
The ruling effectively concludes the libel suit brought in October 2006 against Ali Fodil, the editor of the Arabic-language daily "Ech-Chourouk," and Naïla Berrahal, one of his journalists, by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi over reports published two months earlier which, it was alleged, "attacked his person, the Libyan state and the security of the Algerian and Libyan states."
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