{"id":81084,"date":"2023-01-20T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/papa-massata-diack-to-remain-under-detention-2"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:51:35","slug":"papa-massata-diack-to-remain-under-detention-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/papa-massata-diack-to-remain-under-detention-2","title":{"rendered":"Papa Massata Diack to remain under detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The <b>French<\/b> attorney general has asked the <b>Court of Appeal<\/b> to uphold the conviction of <b>Papa Massata Diack<\/b> involved in a corruption scandal to hide <b>Russian<\/b> doping in sport.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers of <b>Papa Massata Diack<\/b>, son of the former head of world athletics <b>Lamine Diack<\/b>, pleaded Thursday for the release of their client tried before the Court of Appeal of <b>Paris<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the lawyer of the international federation, <b>Mr. Re\u0301gis Bergonzi<\/b>, had denounced the body as a &#8220;banana organization&#8221; while it was headed by <b>Lamine Diack<\/b> between <b>1999<\/b> and <b>2015<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official, the former director would have orchestrated, with his <b>son<\/b> and <b>accomplices<\/b>, a network of corruption to delay the procedures of sanctions against Russian athletes suspected of doping in late <b>2011<\/b>, allowing some of them to participate in the <b>London Olympics<\/b> in <b>2012<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lamine Diack<\/b> and the former head of anti-doping at the <b>IAAF<\/b>, Frenchman <b>Gabriel Dolle\u0301<\/b>, have died since their convictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The French attorney general has asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of Papa Massata Diack involved in a corruption scandal to hide Russian doping in sport. 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