Mali: Six personalities from the start of the transition has been in prison for more than four years

no provisional release for economist Etienne Fakaba Sissoko

In Mali, Kalilou Doumbia, former secretary general of the presidency, Colonel Kassoum Goïta, former head of state security, and four other co-accused has been in prison in the fall of 2021, almost four years ago and half. Pursued for “attempted conspiracy against the government”, the six men – three civilians, three uniform carriers – have undergone acts of torture. Some of them are currently sick. No perspective of close judgment, no prospect of provisional liberation: their lawyers now call for the “humanity” of the transitional authorities.

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