The two-year prison sentence—including one year without parole and a 500,000 CFA franc fine (€762), of which just one franc goes to the Malian state—handed to former Prime Minister Moussa Mara for alleged offenses such as damaging the state’s reputation is a travesty of justice, Amnesty International has declared. The organization is calling on authorities […]
This report has been drafted in anticipation of Niger’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session, scheduled for April-May 2026. Amnesty International assesses the nation’s progress in implementing recommendations from its last UPR cycle, with a sharp focus on unlawful detentions, arbitrary arrests, the plight of human rights defenders, and press freedom. The analysis also scrutinizes Niger’s […]
In Bamako, Mali’s capital, former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood calmly before a courtroom this week as judges dismissed his legal team’s plea for temporary release. Prosecutors, however, pushed for a two-year prison sentence—a move critics argue underscores the military junta’s ongoing suppression of political opposition and dissenting voices. Moussa Mara, who served as Prime […]
