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Mali Puts Free Speech on Trial

Summary by Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara in Bamako, on February 21, 2025.  © 2025 Ousmane Makaveli/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood calmly before a court in Mali’s capital, Bamako, while the judges rejected his lawyers’ application for his release on bail. The prosecution instead sought a two-year prison sentence, an action encapsulating the military junta’s crackdown on political oppos…

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Mali Puts Free Speech on Trial

Click to expand Image Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara in Bamako, on February 21, 2025.  © 2025 Ousmane Makaveli/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood calmly before a court in Mali’s capital, Bamako, while the judges rejected his lawyers’ application for his release on bail. The prosecution instead sought a two-year prison sentence, an action encapsulating the military junta’s crackdown on political oppos…

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