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Lawyers call for former president to be freed three years after coup

Elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife have been detained in the presidential palace in Niamey since the July 2023 coup.

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Niger's President Elect Mohamed Bazoum at a G7 meeting in Paris, France, 4 April 2019. -

Lawyers for Niger's deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, have called for his immediate release three years after he was toppled and detained by the military.

Elected in 2021, the 66-year-old has been held along with his wife, Hadiza, in a wing of the presidential palace in Niamey since the July 2023 coup.

The international collective of lawyers says Bazoum is being arbitrarily detained.

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