2024-06-02 08:26:26
AA / Ouagadougou / Dramane Traore
Burkina Faso lawyer Me Man Hervé Kam was charged on Might 29, 2024 with “conspiracy to hazard nationwide safety and felony conspiracy,” army prosecutor Captain Ferdinand Ahmed introduced at a press convention in Sontura on Saturday. have been charged and held in pretrial detention.
At round 11 pm on 24 January 2024, Man Hervé Kam returned from Bobo-Dioulasso (West) and upon arrival at Ouagadougou Airport was recognized as being from the Nationwide Safety Service brokers arrested.
Lawyer and co-founder of the civil society motion Balai Citoyen was accused of endangering nationwide safety. On April 18, 2024, the Ouagadougou Administrative Appeals Courtroom ordered his launch. When he was finally launched close to his dwelling on Might 29, he was arrested by state safety forces.
Navy prosecutor Captain Ferdinand Ahmed Sountoura defined that Me Man Hervé Kam and three different civilians, particularly Mathias Ouédraogo, Mahamad Ouédraogo and Amado Ouédraogo, joined forces with troopers and veterans in August 2023 to undermine nationwide safety.
“He (Me Man Hervé Kam) was due to this fact heard, charged and positioned in pre-trial detention on the identical day by a choose for conspiracy to commit acts in opposition to nationwide safety and felony gangs. The investigation is continuous within the cupboard. ° 2 of the army tribunal”, Su Captain Tula Ahmed Ferdinand emphasised.
“We condemn the arbitrary detention of Me Man Hervé Kam. On 29 Might, he was arrested and handed over to the gendarmerie on new costs of conspiracy to hazard safety, earlier than being held in pretrial detention in a army jail. Amnesty Worldwide West and Central Africa Regional director Samira Daoud responded in an announcement: “We imagine the fees in opposition to him are baseless and demand his fast and unconditional launch. “
The Burkina Faso Navy Prosecutor’s Workplace additionally defined at a press convention that Lieutenant Colonel Evral Somda, former Chief of Workers of the Nationwide Gendarmerie, was issued an arrest warrant on October 6, 2023 for “conduct” and was detention.
He added that 4 different senior officers had additionally been charged over the identical information.
Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré launched a coup in opposition to Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on September 30, 2022. Later Coming to energy, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba had earlier personally ousted eight-month-old President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
Since then, the brand new authorities have claimed to have thwarted a number of coup makes an attempt.
On the finish of September 2023, officers, enlisted troopers, disbanded troopers, civilians and activists have been arrested by the authorities on suspicion of “conspiracy to hazard nationwide safety”.
Following the conclusions of a nationwide convention held in Ouagadougou final Saturday, Burkina Faso’s transition interval was prolonged by 5 years from July 2, 2024.
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