US EditionSenegal revises amnesty law that covered deadly protests
- Senegal's parliament revised an amnesty law initially passed in March 2024, which granted amnesty for offences related to protests, with a vote of 126-20.
- The revisions remove amnesty for serious crimes like murder, torture, and forced disappearance.
- Aissata Tall Sall criticized the changes, calling them a 'law of settling scores that risks further dividing the Senegalese, instead of reconciling them.'
- Ismaïla Diallo stated that the new law aims for justice rather than revenge.
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In Senegal, the Assembly voted to amend the amnesty law of 2024. A law criticized by the opposition, which denounces a two-speed justice favorable to the supporters of the Pastef. It is discussed...
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Senegal's parliament on Wednesday approved changes to the country's amnesty law, potentially paving the way for the investigation and prosecution of security personnel and members of the former government suspected of abuses
Senegal lifts amnesty for some offences during deadly 2021-24 protests
DAKAR - Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, paving the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In Senegal, this Wednesday the National Assembly is considering a bill to revise a controversial amnesty law adopted in March 2024 at the initiative of Macky Sall. It cancels the prosecution of all crimes and offences committed between February 2021 and February 2024 during opposition demonstrations, which resulted in at least 65 deaths. The authorities in power for the past year had promised to repeal this law but finally they decided to amend …
In a video taken to call for the Bolsonarists' amnesty act on April 6, images of six female invaders who were arrested inside the Planalto Palace on January 8, 2023, are shown. In all, eight women appear with names, photos and with the information that three are mothers and three, [...]
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