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‘I felt extreme anger’: the FGM survivor ending abuse and giving a voice to girls in Senegal

The Observer 24 Nov 2023
When Woppa Diallo was 12, her aunt took her to visit a family friend in a village in northern Senegal ... At 15, she founded Amfe, L’Association pour le Maintien des Filles à l’Ecole (the Association for Keeping Girls in School) in Matam, her home town in north-east Senegal. She is also a lawyer specialising in human rights.
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W.African court deals blow to Senegal opposition leader

Eye Witness News 17 Nov 2023
In the latest twist of a long-running legal battle, the Economic Community of West African States court in Nigeria's capital Abuja said the "state of Senegal did not violate any of (Sonko's) rights." ... The delisting made the 49-year-old firebrand politician ineligible to stand in Senegal's February 2024 presidential election.
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Court ruling deals blow to Senegal opposition leader's presidency hopes

Urdu Point 17 Nov 2023
Dakar, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Nov, 2023) Senegal's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment that had put detained political opponent Ousmane Sonko back in the 2024 presidential race, ruling that the case should be retried ... "The decision is disappointing," added Bamba Cisse, another of Sonko's lawyers.
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West Africa court backs Senegal in case against opposition leader Sonko

Reuters 17 Nov 2023
DAKAR, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A West African regional court on Friday backed the government of Senegal in a legal battle with jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who had filed a case claming the state violated his human rights ... Senegal's Supreme Court is expected to rule on this later on Friday.
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Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president ask regional court to reinstate him

Business Day 06 Nov 2023
Dakar — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum asked a West African regional court on Monday to order that he be reinstated, arguing that his detention and overthrow violated his rights ... Diagne, speaking over video link from Senegal’s capital Dakar, said Bazoum should be freed without condition and reinstated as president.
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Lawyers for Niger's ousted president ask regional court to reinstate him

Reuters 06 Nov 2023
DAKAR, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Niger's ousted president Mohamed Bazoum asked a West African regional court on Monday to order that he be reinstated, arguing that his detention and overthrow violated his rights ... The lawyers also said his detention with his wife and son violated their human rights.
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Senegalese opposition leader Sonko regains consciousness but remains on hunger strike, lawyer says

The Lawton Constitution 26 Oct 2023
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer for Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Thursday that the detained politician had regained consciousness but remains “in a very precarious condition” on hunger strike ... He later suspended the protest measure following mediation but resumed a hunger strike on Oct. 17, according to lawyer Juan Branco ... .
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Lawyers call for ousted Niger president’s release after the junta says it foiled an escape attempt

Wtop 20 Oct 2023
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president called for his immediate release Friday, a day after the ruling military junta said it had thwarted an overnight attempt by the president to escape house arrest with his family nearly three months after he was detained in the wake of a coup.
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Lawyers call for ousted Niger president's release after the junta says it foiled an escape attempt

The Sun Chronicle 20 Oct 2023
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president called for his immediate release Friday, a day after the ruling military junta said it had thwarted an overnight attempt by the president to escape house arrest with his family nearly three months after he was detained in the wake of a coup.
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State to challenge Ziguinchor court verdict

The Point 17 Oct 2023
On Thursday evening a judge in the southern town of Ziguinchor overturned the removal of imprisoned opposition politician Ousmane Sonko from Senegal's electoral rolls, preventing him from standing as a presidential candidate, his lawyers and his dissolved party said. Lawyers for Mr.
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Caine prize won by Woppa Diallo and Mame Bougouma Diene’s ‘visceral tale’

The Guardian 03 Oct 2023
Lawyer and activist Diallo’s experiences of gender-based violence in Senegal were the inspiration for A Soul of Small Places , which was first published by Tordotcom in 2022.
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In nude video case, court acquits and discharges accused

The Point 22 Aug 2023
Earlier, Lawyer L. S ... This followed the application by Commissioner Sanneh for the court to adjourn the case because the complainant, who was supposed to continue her testimony, was in Senegal for medical treatment. Lawyer Camara argued that the case had been adjourned three times at the instance of the prosecution ... The defence has also admitted this.
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Ousmane Sonko’s lawyer expelled from Senegal

The Point 08 Aug 2023
... is among 40 lawyers defending the main opposition figure Sonko.
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Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko hospitalised after one week on hunger strike

Al Jazeera 07 Aug 2023
Ousmane Sonko was hospitalised on Sunday at the Main Hospital in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, according to a statement from his now-dissolved party, the Patriots of Senegal (PASTEF) ... Separately, Sonko’s lawyer, Juan Branco, has been arrested in Mauritania, extradited to Senegal and is now in a Dakar prison, according to officials.
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French lawyer for Senegal opposition leader Sonko released on bail

Reuters 07 Aug 2023
DAKAR, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, has been released on bail by a judge, Senegal's justice minister said on Monday ... Branco's lawyer Robin Binsard has dismissed the charges as an effort to silence him professionally.

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