In Senegal, the families of those who lost their lives or were unjustly imprisoned during opposition protests over the past three years are demanding justice. Formed as a collective, “the collective of victims of the regime of President Macky Sall” is its name, they ask the judicial authorities to issue an international arrest warrant against the former president so that he responds of his actions before the courts.
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with our correspondent in Dakar, Léa-Lisa Westerhoff
There are 650 of them: people arrested arbitrarily, according to them, and relatives of victims who lost their lives during the demonstrations since 2021 in Senegal.
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For this collective, the former president must Macky Sall answer for his actions before the courts. Babacar Seye, president of the Collective of Victims of President Macky Sall’s regime, therefore calls on the Senegalese authorities to issue an international arrest warrant against the former president. “ Macky Sall cannot be above the law. We need to understand…. Macky Sall will have to be extradited to Senegal to answer for his actions! »
Despite a general amnesty law adopted in the last days of Macky Sall’s regime and which concerns crimes committed during the demonstrations between February 2021 and 2024, Makhou Mandela also believes that we must be able to examine this period in court. He saw his wife arrested in 2023 when she was seven months pregnant.
For him, it is a historic responsibility for future generations, we cannot forget these 86 deaths: “ This is really giving bad jurisprudence to those who run this country! There are families torn apart forever, people missing, justice must be done! It is an obligation for future generations. »
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Immediately, just over 12,650 people signed a petition demanding the extradition of Macky Sall. The collective also asked to meet the president Bassirou Diomaye Faye to expose their need for truth, justice and reparation.
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