After being Detained for six months, eleven Opposition Leaders were Released
Their temporary release on Friday was interpreted as an effort to defuse the political eleven tensions in the nation after General Abdoulaye Maiga was controversially appointed prime minister.
Since the junta took control of Mali in 2020 and carried out another coup the following year, the country has been governed by the military.
On June 20, the 11 were taken into custody at a “illegal” gathering that took place during a time when all political party activity were prohibited. After signing a statement in March urging the military to cede control, they were charged with conspiring against the junta.
He told The Associated Press, “This release is the outcome of a process that we launched to ask the authorities to free our comrades as part of the calming of the political situation in the country.
Adema PASJ party member and former National Assembly member Issa Togo stated that the 11 “are free to resume their political activities and to travel.”
Issa Kaou N’Djim, the former vice-president of the National Transitional Council, which is the legislative body of Mali’s transition, and economist Etienne Fakaba Sissoko are among the other political figures and civil society activists who are still detained in Mali.
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