Justice

Of the seven people arrested last week by state security, five are being prosecuted. The transitional authorities did not talk about this topic, but RFI was able to cross-check a certain amount of unpublished information. Two people were released, five others transferred to the gendarmerie. Sékou Traoré, chief of staff for the…

A year ago, Brice Laccruche Alihanga, former chief of staff of President Ali Bongo, was arrested and then jailed in Libreville Central Prison for embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. With him also fell more than a dozen former ministers, deputies and other senior officials. Seized by Laccruche Alihanga's lawyer, the UN working group against arbitrary detention calls for the release of him…

On August 23, 2020, a mutiny broke out in Farafangana Prison on the southeast coast of Madagascar. Of the 336 incarcerated prisoners, 88 managed to escape after bringing down a dilapidated fencing wall. It was impossible for the prison staff to prevent escape: that day only three of the seven planned guards were present, and a hunt was organized at short notice in the city. During the catch, police…

Former presidential candidate and businessman Nabil Karoui is in jail again in connection with a money laundering case. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaiseIt was an expected arrest in legal circles, as an investigation was still ongoing since the first arrest of Nabil Karoui in August 2019. He had at that time been released in…

In Uganda, strong mobilization on social networks after the arrest on Tuesday of lawyer and human rights activist Nicholas Opiyo, as well as four other lawyers, all suspected of money laundering. The five men remain in police custody and many human rights defenders demand their release. with our correspondent in Kampala, Lucie…

The blatant trial of eight Lucha activists began on Monday before a military tribunal in Beni, northern Kivu. They were arrested last Saturday when the civic movement demanded demonstrations against the renewal of the mandate for the UN mission Monusco. According to police, they deliberately attacked a police station in revenge for the ban on their demonstration and attacked police. A version that…

In a statement, the International Observatory of Lawyers in Danger condemned the proceedings against Gabonese lawyer Anges Kevin Nzigou, who is defending businessman Nicolas Nguema. Prosecution that, according to the observatory, would reduce him to silence. The International Observatory of Lawyers in Danger is worried about…

A complaint was lodged against the Malian state a few days ago in Abuja, Nigeria, before the ECOWAS court. Four associations for the defense of women's rights demanding a ban on excision in Mali. More than 80% of Malian women undergo excision, according to UN figures.A sexual mutilation of which practice is gradually declining…

A few weeks' detention has exhausted them, but they are freedom fighters, they are determined for their political commitment. Our customers were accused of a group of criminals who undermined the state's internal security. In the face of such a crime, you can of course imagine that if the prosecutor could not oppose the request for preliminary release, it is because there is obviously no relevant evidence. in the file in the state that will be able to support an application to the end.…

Paul Rusesabagina and his family are filing a complaint against the Greek private jet company GainJet Aviation. They accuse him of being an accomplice in what they consider to be a kidnapping of the Rwandan opponent of Paul Kagame's government.