US EditionMauritania Lawmakers Are Charged with Insulting President over Racial Bias Claims
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In Mauritania, the political climate is getting worse. Two opposition MPs, Mariem Cheikh and Ghamou Achour, were placed under a warrant of deposition on April 21 and sent to prison. These two elected members, members of the abolitionist movement IRA of Biram Dah Abeid, are prosecuted for criticizing the president and the government during live broadcasts on social networks. If the general prosecutor invokes the " flagrante delicto" to justify th…
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Mauritania lawmakers are charged with insulting president over racial bias claims
Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania have been charged with insulting the president. They accused him of adopting a discriminatory attitude towards Black people and descendants of slaves.
The public prosecutor's office in Nouakchott West on Monday charged two female members of parliament, Mariam Cheikh and Qamou Achour, with insulting national symbols and disseminating racist statements on social media platforms, in a case that has sparked political and media reactions in the country. The prosecution stated that the charges also include threats, defamation, inciting gatherings that could disrupt public order, as well as slander, …
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