Rédaction Africa Links 24 with pierre Dieme
Published on 2024-03-01 16:31:57
The Y’en a Marre movement has denounced this way of conducting politics which consists of “muzzling, imprisoning honest citizens in inhumane conditions, refusing to open investigations to clarify the deaths of dozens of citizens, and ultimately playing firefighters.”
“We talk about it less, but according to Aliou Sané, a former political prisoner recently released from prison, ‘the condition of arbitrary detainees is a national tragedy. Many of the political prisoners will forever bear physical and psychological scars from their time in prison.'”
According to the movement, “this is all that the amnesty law aims to clean up.”
Y’en a Marre emphasizes that the whole world is witnessing cold-blooded murders carried out in broad daylight against unarmed protesters. “Yes, the whole world is witnessing serious human rights violations and abuses caused by arrests, systematic raids, harassment, and brutality throughout the country for the past 3 years. Unarmed protesters have been ruthlessly killed in broad daylight, while others with serious injuries have been left permanently disabled,” the movement denounced.
And to add: “What about the cases of torture, with the most striking example being the young Pape Abdoulaye Touré. As if that were not enough, nearly a thousand citizens have been arrested and thrown into prison in Dakar and all over Senegal without any legal basis. Because charges have been fabricated by a state banditry mechanism.”
For these activists, “no law can absolve international crimes, including torture, cruel and degrading treatment, which are also non-prescription offenses.”
-Translated by AI-
Read the original article(French) on Dakar Matin
