The spiral of arbitrary arrests continues in Burkina Faso. After the doctor and political activist Arouna Loure, whose arrest was revealed three weeks ago, it was Mousbila Sankara who was arrested on June 11. He is the uncle of ex-president Thomas Sankara.
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When those who claim to be Sankarism arrest the uncle of the “ hero of the nation » this gives this surreal scene. Tuesday June 11, El Hadj Mousbila Sankara was returning from the mosque for the first prayer, when around 5:30 a.m., men presenting themselves as members of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) asked him to follow them. The arrest without reason of Thomas Sankara’s uncle took place in front of the stunned parents of the assassinated ex-president.
They were only able to provide him with medicine so that this 80-year-old man could follow his medical treatments. Before taking him on board, the ANR agents promised that Mousbila Sankara would return to his home around 2 p.m. But since then, the family has not had any news.
Mousbila Sankara is not only the uncle of the former Burkinabe president. He was also his companion in struggle during the Sankarist revolution, member of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, trade unionist and ambassador of Burkina Faso to Libya.
Renowned for his outspokenness, Mousbila Sankara stood out in the press on May 12: he addressed to the president of the Transition Ibrahim Traoré as the eldest. In this public letter, he questioned the leader of the Transition on certain shortcomings linked to the management of the country by the putschists. In particular, he recommended respecting the fundamental rights of workers and opening public space to citizens to express their freedom.
Since then, Thomas Sankara’s uncle seems to have lost his.
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