Cotonou, Benin, Aug 20, 2026 (AFP) - Benin cyberactivist freed after serving 2-year sentence: sources

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A Beninese cyberactivist accused of running an account critical of the government was released Thursday after serving a two-year sentence, his lawyer and a relative told AFP. Steve Amoussou's case became one of the most high-profile prosecutions of a government critic in Benin, where opponents of former president Patrice Talon have accused authorities of increasingly restricting dissent. Amoussou was convicted of "politically motivated insult" an......

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