Mali charges ex-PM Mara over justice comments
Former Mali PM Moussa Mara is charged with defying authority after posting on X about visiting political prisoners and pledging them justice.
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EU and Macron urge junta to free Niger’s ousted president Bazoum
France and the EU urged the Nigerien junta to release ousted president Mohamed Bazoum who remains detained with his wife since the 2023 coup.
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Tunisia quietly shifts jailed critics to distant prisons
Tunisia moved several jailed opposition figures to remote prisons without notice, sparking criticism from families, lawyers and human rights advocates.
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Tunisia opens mass trial against opposition figures
Ennahdha’s Rached Ghannouchi and other ex-officials face serious accusations in a new Tunisian trial.
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Eswatini sentences lawmakers to long prison terms
Eswatini jails pro-democracy lawmakers Mabuza and Dube for 25 and 18 years respectively, on charges of “terrorism” and murder related to 2021 protests.
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Opposition boycotts Tunisia elex, demands freed political prisoners
Tunisia’s main opposition threatens to boycott the presidential election unless democratic reforms are implemented.
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Tunisia’s Ghannouchi joins hunger strike to free others
Tunisia’s ex-PM Ghannouchi starts hunger strike protesting imprisonment of himself and other opposition figures.
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Senegal’s Diomaye urges free prisoners before polls
Diomaye urges immediate release of political prisoners, including Sonko, to level the playing field in Senegal’s election.
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US plans to withhold $85 million in aid to Egypt due to political detentions
US intends to withhold $85 million in military aid to Egypt due to Cairo’s failure to meet US conditions regarding the release of political prisoners
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