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'Human Shield': Niger's Ousted President Held by Junta

President Mohamed Bazoum has been languishing for two years along with his wife in Niger's presidential palace since his ouster by a junta, which is using them as human shields to avert foreign military intervention to free them, according to…

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Reversed on 26 July 2023 by a military junta that became unpopular, the democratically elected head of state has since been held in captivity. An upset fate, which is also a matter of the betrayal of his mentor.

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'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta

President Mohamed Bazoum has been languishing for two years along with his wife in Niger's presidential palace since his ouster by a junta, which is using them as human shields to avert foreign military intervention to free them, according to…

·Missoula, United States
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The president's supreme bodyguard seized power in a coup in the West African Niger. His former boss and his wife have been in isolation for two years.

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The Niger authorities should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who is still arbitrarily detained, two years after being overthrown in a military coup.

·New York, United States
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Human Rights Watch broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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