A former prime minister of Mali, which is now beneath army rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over feedback on social media.
After a jail go to to see detained opposition figures in July, Moussa Mara declared on X his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience”.
Mara, who served as prime minister for 9 months a decade in the past, has been a latest outspoken critic of the army authorities.
The junta, in energy since coups in 2020 and 2021, dissolved all political events in Could following uncommon anti-government protests.
On Thursday, Mara was detained and questioned for a second time by the nationwide cybercrime unit about his 4 July X submit.
Within the submit, the ex-prime minister mentioned his common visits to see these detained had been to be sure that “the flame of hope by no means fades in them”.
“So long as the night time lasts, the solar will inevitably rise! And we are going to battle by all means to make that occur, and as quickly as attainable!” he added.
The prosecutor on the cybercrime unit mentioned that speaking about “prisoners of conscience” and saying he needed to battle for them constituted an offence, Radio France Internationale studies.
On Friday, together with the accusation of undermining the credibility of the state, he was additionally charged with opposing professional authority and inciting public dysfunction.
He is because of stand trial on 29 September.
A month in the past, army chief Gen Assimi Goïta was granted a five-year presidential time period by the transitional parliament, which is renewable with out elections.
The 41-year-old, who seized energy twice, was named transitional president after the 2021 coup.
On the time he promised to carry elections the next yr – however has since reneged, in a blow to efforts to revive multi-party rule within the West African state.
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