Niger: Six Month-Long Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Moussa Tiangari Must End

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On 3 December 2024, Moussa Tchangari, one of the most recognized figures in Niger's civil society, was arrested and then charged with association of criminals in connection with a terrorist enterprise, assault on national defence and conspiracy against state authority. Six months later, four NGOs (Amnesty, FIDH, HRW and OMCT) recalled that the person concerned had still not been heard. "The criticisms that Moussa Tchangari made of the CNSP have …

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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, demand the immediate and unconditional release and the abandonment of all charges against human rights defender Moussa Tchangari, who has been arbitrarily detained for six months. 3 June 2025 The Niger authorities…

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The Niger authorities must immediately release Moussa Tchangari, a civil society activist and human rights defender, and stop using terrorism charges to silence discordant voices. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), said today in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. On 3 December 2024, men prese…