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"Bloggers abroad" case: detainees arrive at courthouse to be brought before prosecutors

A police pickup and officers outside a yellow arched court building, people seated on the pavement
Police presence outside the courthouse

Detainees in the case known in the media as the "bloggers abroad file" have arrived at the courthouse of Nouakchott West region, ahead of being brought before the public prosecutor.

Their arrival coincided with a security deployment around the court. The investigation was conducted by State Security, with the participation of the economic crimes police, who questioned some of the suspects, particularly people working as real-estate brokers.

Former government spokesman El Houssein Ould Meddou announced last October that the number of people arrested in connection with the case had reached 17.

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