Culture et politique arabes. December 2009. Mauritanian journalist on hunger strike Mauritanian journalist Hanefi Ould Dehah has reportedly begun a hunger strike in protest at his continued detention after completing a jail sentence.
Ould Dehah, editor of the Taqadoumy news website, was serving six months for "indecency" but since his sentence expired on 24 December the authorities have failed to release him. The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب.