Govt dismisses media harassment reports
15 Mar 2017
The Government of Botswana has noted press statement issued by the so-called “INK Centre for Investigative Journalism” alleging “harassment of journalists” in the context of the briefly stopped for questioning last week by security forces of three INK employees and/or associates - Ntibinyane Ntibinyane, Joel Konopo and Kaombona Kanani.
The three were detained after they sought to trespass into a restricted area that is the private property of His Excellency the President, without any authorisation or prior communication.ENDS
Source : BGCIS
Author : BGCIS
Location : GABORONE
Event : Rebuttal
Date : 15 Mar 2017
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