US Edition18 Senegalese Detainees From AFCON Final in Morocco Go on Hunger Strike
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18 Senegalese supporters detained in Morocco after AFCON final start hunger strike - Newsy People
Eighteen Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco on allegations of hooliganism during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final have begun a hunger strike, their lawyer announced on Friday, February 6. The group is protesting their continued detention without formal charges since their arrest on January 18. The arrests occurred after a tense AFCON final in Rabat, where Senegal defeated Morocco. The match was marred by incidents near its conc…
18 Senegalese supporters held after AFCON final start hunger strike
Eighteen Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco over “hooliganism” during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final have begun a hunger strike pending their trial, their lawyer told AFP on Friday.Lawyer Patrick Kabou said his clients told him they have been “waiting to learn the charges against them since January 18”, the day they were arrested after a heated AFCON final in which Senegal beat Morocco in Rabat.Kabou said the group complained…
Pursued for "hooliganism" and detained in Morocco since the CAN finale in mid-January, 18 Senegalese supporters announced this Friday that they would start a hunger strike. They complain that they do not know what is being blamed for them and that they are not being questioned in their language, Wolof.
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