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French filmmakers and local fixer freed after weeks in Togo detention

Two French documentary makers and their Togolese fixer have been granted provisional release in Togo, more than a month after they were arrested in the north while working on a television programme. The three deny accusations of false statements and irregularities linked to their filming assignment.

French filmmakers and local fixer freed after weeks in Togo detention

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