Senegal Supreme Court upholds journalist René Capain Bassène’s lifetime prison sentence - Committee to Protect Journalists

Senegal Supreme Court upholds journalist René Capain Bassène’s lifetime prison sentence - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dakar, May 7, 2025— Senegalese authorities should end the persecution of journalist René Capain Bassène, whose lifetime prison sentence was upheld by the Senegal Supreme Court in a May 2 decision, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday. “It is deeply worrying that René Capain Bassène’s life sentence has been upheld despite all the flaws in the investigation that led to his imprisonment and the documented abuses he suffered behind…