Niger: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/incommunicado detention/ prisoner of conscience: Ibrahim Manzo Diallo (m)

Index Number: AFR 43/003/2007
Date Published: 12 October 2007
Categories: Africa, Niger

Newspaper editor Ibrahim Manzo Diallo is reportedly held incommunicado by the military at an unknown location, and is at risk of torture and ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his peaceful and legitimate activities as a journalist.