Gamatié Mahamadou YASSAMBOU has been charged with ‘discrediting a constituted body’ and ‘contempt of court’ after criticising on Facebook the arrests and trials of journalists and civil society activists, while denouncing corruption in the judiciary and a two-tier justice system. He is charged with ‘discrediting a constituted body’ and ‘contempt of court’. Incarcerated in Niamey civil prison, he was tried and released on 21 July 2017.