Armed Men Abduct a Former Minister and Junta Critic in Mali, His Family Says
Family members said masked men took the critic from his home as Mali’s junta faces attacks on several strategic positions.
- On Saturday night, armed, hooded men abducted Mountaga Tall, a former Malian minister and lawyer, from his home in Bamako. His family reported the incident to authorities on Sunday, alleging the men were military personnel.
- Tall, president of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, serves as a defense lawyer for military officers arrested recently by the junta on charges of "attempting to destabilise state institutions."
- During the raid, masked men manhandled Tall's wife and seized her phone. His family filed a complaint "regarding kidnapping and disappearance" with security forces, stating abductors provided no explanation or arrest warrant.
- This abduction occurs amid a broader national crisis as Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists launched coordinated attacks last weekend, killing at least 23 people, including Defense Minister Sadio Camara.
- Rebel spokesmen recently vowed that the junta, which seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, will "fall." The government has not commented on the arrests or the loss of strategic territory.
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Mali: Authorities must immediately clarify the fate and whereabouts of lawyer and pro-democracy politician Mountaga Tall
Reacting to the disappearance of Malian lawyer and leading opposition figure Mountaga Tall in the early hours of 3 May, Ousmane Diallo, Senior Researcher on Sahel at Amnesty International’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa, said: “We are alarmed by the disappearance of Mountaga Tall who was taken from his home by armed men wearing hoods. To date, no one knows if or where he is being held, and if charges have been brought against him. …
Armed men abduct a former minister and junta critic in Mali, his family says
A former Malian minister and critic of the ruling junta was abducted from his home by armed, hooded men, one of his family members told The Associated Press Sunday, as fallout spreads from a wave of armed attacks against the government in the conflict-battered West African nation.
As a political figure in Mali, this lawyer also defended former Prime Minister Moussa Mara and tried to have the dissolution of political parties cancelled.
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