French Journalists Jailed in Pakistan

World | January 10, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

A Pakistani court has fined two French journalists and sentenced them to six months in jail for violating visa regulations. Reporter Marc Epstein and photographer Jean-Paul Guilloteau of French weekly L'Express pleaded guilty to charges that they visited Quetta, capital of southwestern Baluchistan province, without the proper visas, the officials said. They were arrested on Dec 16, 2003 and were released on bail on Dec 24, 2003.

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