{"id":51513,"date":"2025-07-21T10:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfwa.org\/?post_type=country-highlights&#038;p=51513"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:02:10","slug":"benin-arrestation-dun-redacteur-en-chef-a-la-suite-dune-plainte-dun-ministre-pour-harcelement-en-ligne","status":"publish","type":"country-highlights","link":"https:\/\/mfwa.org\/fr\/country-highlights\/benin-arrestation-dun-redacteur-en-chef-a-la-suite-dune-plainte-dun-ministre-pour-harcelement-en-ligne\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9nin : Arrestation d\u2019un r\u00e9dacteur en chef \u00e0 la suite d\u2019une plainte d\u2019un ministre pour harc\u00e8lement en ligne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au B\u00e9nin, Cosme Hounsa, journaliste et r\u00e9dacteur en chef du journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Boussole<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 dans la soir\u00e9e du 15 juillet 2025 par des agents du Centre national d\u2019investigations num\u00e9riques (CNIN) pour des faits pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s de \u00ab harc\u00e8lement par voie \u00e9lectronique \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son arrestation fait suite \u00e0 une plainte d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par Rachidi Gbadamassi, ministre conseiller \u00e0 la D\u00e9fense et \u00e0 la S\u00e9curit\u00e9. Celle-ci est li\u00e9e \u00e0 une affaire judiciaire opposant Paulin Akponna, actuel ministre de l\u2019\u00c9nergie, de l\u2019Eau et des Mines, \u00e0 son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur Samou S\u00e9idou Adambi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lors d\u2019un meeting politique tenu \u00e0 Parakou le 21 juin 2025, Akponna avait publiquement accus\u00e9 Adambi de d\u00e9tournement de fonds publics au sein du minist\u00e8re. En r\u00e9action, ce dernier a port\u00e9 plainte pour diffamation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Boussole<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a publi\u00e9 une s\u00e9rie d\u2019articles relatifs \u00e0 cette affaire, ce qui aurait d\u00e9plu \u00e0 Rachidi Gbadamassi. Celui-ci estime que les publications du journal laissaient entendre qu\u2019il avait encourag\u00e9 le ministre Akponna \u00e0 s\u2019exprimer publiquement contre Adambi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosme Hounsa a \u00e9t\u00e9 interpell\u00e9 \u00e0 Parakou, dans le nord du B\u00e9nin, le 15 juillet. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 plac\u00e9 en garde \u00e0 vue au commissariat central de la ville, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9 le 16 juillet \u00e0 Cotonou devant la Cour de r\u00e9pression des infractions \u00e9conomiques et du terrorisme (CRIET), pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 l\u2019accusation de \u00ab harc\u00e8lement par voie \u00e9lectronique \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le 17 juillet, il a toutefois \u00e9t\u00e9 remis en libert\u00e9 sous contr\u00f4le judiciaire, avec obligation de se pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 toute convocation des autorit\u00e9s judiciaires. Il est convoqu\u00e9 de nouveau devant le juge le 24 juillet 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le lendemain de sa lib\u00e9ration, soit le 18 juillet, le journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Boussole<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a publi\u00e9 des excuses publiques sur Facebook en ces termes :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab La r\u00e9daction de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Boussole<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consciente de ses responsabilit\u00e9s, tient \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 Monsieur Gbadamassi ses excuses les plus sinc\u00e8res, avec tout le respect d\u00fb \u00e0 sa personne et \u00e0 son parcours. Par ce communiqu\u00e9 officiel, nous reconnaissons que certaines formulations ont pu \u00eatre per\u00e7ues comme attentatoires \u00e0 l\u2019image ou \u00e0 l\u2019honneur de Monsieur Gbadamassi. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Fondation des M\u00e9dias pour l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest (MFWA) salue la lib\u00e9ration de Cosme Hounsa, tout en appelant \u00e0 l\u2019abandon des poursuites engag\u00e9es contre lui. L\u2019organisation invite les autorit\u00e9s b\u00e9ninoises \u00e0 privil\u00e9gier le droit de r\u00e9ponse ou \u00e0 saisir l\u2019organe de r\u00e9gulation des m\u00e9dias en cas de manquements suppos\u00e9s, plut\u00f4t que d\u2019initier des poursuites p\u00e9nales. Elle appelle \u00e9galement les professionnels des m\u00e9dias \u00e0 faire preuve de professionnalisme en toutes circonstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35395,"featured_media":51514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[254],"country":[238],"class_list":["post-51513","country-highlights","type-country-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-expression-violations-fr","country-benin-fr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>B\u00e9nin : Arrestation d\u2019un r\u00e9dacteur en chef \u00e0 la suite d\u2019une plainte d\u2019un ministre pour harc\u00e8lement en ligne - Media Foundation For West Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mfwa.org\/fr\/country-highlights\/benin-arrestation-dun-redacteur-en-chef-a-la-suite-dune-plainte-dun-ministre-pour-harcelement-en-ligne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B\u00e9nin : Arrestation d\u2019un r\u00e9dacteur en chef \u00e0 la suite d\u2019une plainte d\u2019un ministre pour harc\u00e8lement en ligne - 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