ADVERTISEMENT Togolese authorities should permit the L’Indépendant Express newspaper to publish freely, and should ensure that its director, Komlanvi Ketohou, can work without fear of arrest or harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On the night of December 29, armed security forces arrested Ketohou at his home in the capital, Lomé, took him into custody, and accused him of defaming the government, according to media reports as well as the journalist and his lawyer, Wle-Mbanewar Bataka, both of whom spoke to CPJ via phone and messaging app. On January 2, police released the journalist, also known as Carlos Ketohou, on the condition that he be available to authorities “at any time,” he told CPJ. Ketohou and Bataka said that they were not aware of any formal complaint sparking his arrest.