That he is invited, that is one thing, that we sell airplanes that is normal, but to spend an evening partying and dancing with him, that is intolerable.

President Deby promised me that on Monday the (appeal) trial will take place and whatever the outcome of the trial, the two journalists... will be freed within 72 hours.

Violence, arrests, pressures, tailing and threats are the daily lot of the foreign correspondent,

It is modernity at stake now. We must explain the distinctions between church and state, and between the press and the state, to our colleagues in the Arab world.

Freedom of the press also exists for viewpoints that shock the majority of the population.