Ex Malian colonel sentenced to 20 years in prison
Ex-Malian colonel Alpha Yaya Sangare was sentenced to 20 years in prison for "offence against state security". According to RFI,...
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Mali: Coup trial defendant says he obeyed transition leader
Following a particularly intense third day of proceedings, which featured the testimony of Colonel Kassoum Goïta, the Malian court...
Tried for Conspiracy, Ex-Malian Colonel Accuses Authorities
Tried for conspiracy against the state, Colonel Kassoum Goita accused the provisional government of torture, money laundering, and conspiracy...
Former Algerian minister sentenced to 7 years in prison
Former housing minister Abdelwahid Temmar was sentenced to seven years in prison for money laundering on June 15th. Temmar is...
Amnesty slams Algeria on forceful return of Tunisian politician
Algeria forced the return of asylum seeker Seifeddine Makhlouf to Tunisia, which global rights group, Amnesty, called a violation of...
Amnesty: Algeria forcibly returned Tunisian asylum seeker
The global rights group Amnesty International has condemned Algeria for the forced return of former parliamentarian and government critic Seifeddine...
Tunisia: political figures get up to 45 years behind bars
The Court of Appeal in Tunis delivered a final ruling on nearly 40 political figures, in which they faced jail...
Tunisia: Trial of 40 opposition figures postponed
The appeal trial of over 40 opposition figures opened in Tunisia on 27th October, but was quickly deferred due to...
Tunisia: Trial of refugee rights activists opens
The trial of activist Mustapha Djemali and 5 others accused of helping and sheltering refugees opened in Tunis, reports The...
Prosecutors reject release request for Moroccan activist
Moroccan activist Ibtissam Lachgar, held on charges of “insulting the divine entity,” had her release request rejected by prosecutors on...
UN official to join tribunal on UK complicity in Gaza war
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, is set to participate in a tribunal examining the United Kingdom’s alleged...
Corruption trial hearings postponed for Israel’s Netanyahu
Following a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Jerusalem court partly agreed to postpone his corruption trial hearings,...
Tunisia: trials of opposition politicians continues
A Tunisian court has sentenced a prominent opponent to Tunisian President Kaid Saied, Abir Moussi, to two years in prison...
France claims Tunisian trials were “not fair”
France has claimed that the recent trials which saw prison sentences ranging from 13-66 years handed out to leading Tunisian...
Salman Rushdie assailant faces trial for attempted murder
The trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie, is set to begin...
