Wife of arrested journalist-activist explains how he was framed

We have retracted all the articles by the author owing to the grave nature of unethical conduct detected in one of his stories: forging quotes; attributing them to people who do not exist; and furnishing his friends' phone numbers as the contact details of these imaginary sources in a bid to mislead our fact-checking process. The author has confessed to the transgressions in writing and refused to cooperate with further inquiry.