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| | CPJ News Alert 2007 |
 | | Wirkwa Eric Tayu of the private weekly The Nso Voice, the sole media outlet based in Kumbo, was sentenced to a year in prison and a fine of 850,000 CFA francs (US$1,800) on eight counts of press offenses, including criminal defamation, according to the union. |
 | | Authorities detained Tayu’s father, a local tribal elder, for failing to produce his son, according to local journalists. |
 | | Authorities also accused Tayu of not depositing copies of the paper at the offices of the local prosecutor prior to sale and distribution, as stipulated under Cameroon’s 1990 press law. |
| www.cpj.org /news/2007/africa/cameroon28aug07na.html (468 words) |
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