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Two weeks after an international arrest warrant was issued against Karim Keïta, son of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malian journalist, his lawyers are on the plate. They claim that the inquiry has a "political" basis and advise its client not to return to Mali to answer for justice.…

The lawyers for the opponent Reckya Madougou submitted to the prosecutor at the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism, on Friday, July 9, a request for the provisional release of their client. Reckya Madougou, a former candidate for the Democratic Party, was unable to run in the April presidential election due to…

Joël Aïvo talks about a cell of thirty square meters where he quickly found himself with almost 40 other prisoners, stacked on top of each other. Where it gets particularly cruel is that the prison authorities decided quite quickly to make cohabitants, under these dirty sanitary conditions, prisoners who are sick with Covid-19 and healthy prisoners, who exposed them in an almost safe way. According to the law, it is an obvious and very serious violation of human rights. His situation today has…

Former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday by Abidjan's criminal court for "undermining state authority", "conspiracy" and "spreading false information". The other defendants received sentences ranging from 17 months to 20 years in prison. At the end of the hearing in Abidjan, Me Raoul…

A brand new trial towards Guillaume Soro opens at this time in Côte d'Ivoire. This time, the previous president of the Nationwide Meeting, who final yr was sentenced to twenty years in jail for cash laundering and concealment of embezzlement of public funds, is charged in his absence and with 19 of his kinfolk, for conspiracy towards state safety, participation in an armed gang and unlawful possession of…

From this Monday, bailiffs and attorneys who go on strike for a month will briefly finish the boycott of the courts and tribunals pending the completion of the work of a technical committee arrange by the Ministry of Justice and the strikers. as reported from Conakry, Mouctar BahBailiffs and attorneys have been avoiding courts…

We consider this to be a serious violation of a fundamental violation of the right to a defense first enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, as provided for in the applicable criminal procedure rules of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and enshrined in international federations and other conventions such as Mauritania. And I am thinking in particular of the international pact on civil and political law to which Mauritania is a party. This issue is essentially…

The lawyers for the opponents of the UFDG accused of "manufacturing and possessing weapons of war and attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation", this week seized the ECOWAS court. The lawyers for the detained members of the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea are asking this sub-regional court to rule on a procedure…

The Attorney General of the Kinshasa-Gombe Court of Appeal issued a search warrant against Kalev Mutond, former Secretary General of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR). This, after the latter refused to come to the prosecution after several summonses. The former supercup is the target of about 10 complaints filed by former intelligence prisoners. When he hides, Kalev Mutond still hopes that the…

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…