Pape Alé Niang
In November 2022, Niang was arrested after a video was released on Dakar Matin in which he reported the contents of an internal gendarmerie report. He was released on… More
PEN America Launches the Online Abuse Defense Manual in French
The literary and free expression group PEN America, in partnership with Code for Africa (CfA) and PesaCheck, today launched the Manuel de défense contre le cyberharcèlement, a French-language Manual… More
Editor El Malick Seck Released
International PEN welcomes the news that 24 Heures Chrono editor El Malick Seck, who was serving a three-and-a-half year sentence for “offending the head of state” and defaming a… More
Editor Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment
International PEN is outraged by the three-year prison sentence imposed on El Malick Seck, editor of the Dakar daily 24 Heures Chrono, on September 12, 2008, for a piece… More