UN calls for immediate release of former Niger leader Mohamed Bazoum

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum and his wife, Hadiza, on Monday, February 10.

Bazoum was overthrown in a coup in July 2023. Since then, he and his wife have been cut off from all outside contact.

They have been detained for a year and a half in a wing of the presidential residence in Niamey. Only his doctor is allowed to visit him.

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