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Reporters Without Borders urges release of French filmmakers detained in Togo for alleged immigration violations

Published 20 August 2026

Two French documentary filmmakers and their Togolese fixer have been placed in pretrial detention in Togo and charged with making false declarations in immigration procedures, their advocacy group reported Thursday, amid strained relations between the West African nation’s government and French media.

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