Burkina Faso: Investigative Judges, Lawyers and Journalists Abducted During a Series of Raids

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In Burkina Faso, three judges of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal and two journalists of the main private daily newspapers were announced "missing", learned this Monday, 13 October 2025 AFP from a media outlet, a relative and a judicial source. In Burkina Faso, the military regime resulting from a coup d'état perpetrated in September 2022 [...] Article Burkina Faso: Judges and journalists reported missing first appeared on L-FRII.

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Three judges of the investigating chamber, one lawyer and two editors were abducted during the weekend of 10-13 October 2025 in Ouagadougou, according to consistent information. The disappearances began on Friday with the abduction of Judge MEDA Urbain. On Saturday it was Judge Seydou otherwise who was reported missing.