{"id":43328,"date":"2023-04-23T19:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/politique\/senegal-politique-macky-sall-there-are-no-political-prisoners-in-senegal"},"modified":"2023-04-23T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T20:18:30","slug":"senegal-politique-macky-sall-there-are-no-political-prisoners-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/politique\/senegal-politique-macky-sall-there-are-no-political-prisoners-in-senegal","title":{"rendered":"SENEGAL-POLITIQUE \/ Macky Sall: \u00a0\u00bbThere are no political prisoners in Senegal\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. <\/strong><\/span>The President of the Republic denied on Saturday the existence in Senegal of people detained for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0There are no political prisoners in Senegal. If I did not tolerate everything that is said of the President of the Republic, it would be difficult,\u00a0\u00bb said Macky Sall.<\/p>\n<p>Le chef de l\u2019Etat, qui s\u2019exprimait en wolof, e\u0301tait l\u2019invite\u0301 de l\u2019e\u0301mission \u2018\u2019Yoon Wi\u2019\u2019 de la radio prive\u0301e RFM, qui fait partie du groupe me\u0301diatique de l\u2019artiste musicien et homme d\u2019affaires Youssou Ndour, e\u0301galement ministre-conseiller a\u0300 la pre\u0301sidence de la Re\u0301publique.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019La notion de \u2018de\u0301tenu politique\u2019 est impropre\u2019\u2019, a-t-il ajoute\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>Plusieurs militants de l\u2019opposition ont e\u0301te\u0301 arre\u0302te\u0301s lors de re\u0301centes manifestations survenues en marge du proce\u0300s en diffamation du leader de l\u2019opposition, Ousmane Sonko.<\/p>\n<p>Le maire de Ziguinchor (sud) a e\u0301te\u0301 reconnu coupable et condamne\u0301 a\u0300 deux mois de prison avec sursis et au paiement de dommages et inte\u0301re\u0302ts a\u0300 la partie civile, le ministre Mame Mbaye Niang, le 30 mars. Le proce\u0300s en appel de la me\u0302me affaire judiciaire a de\u0301marre\u0301 lundi dernier, apre\u0300s que la partie civile et le ministe\u0300re public ont interjete\u0301 appel.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 Pastef-Les patriotes activists were arrested during demonstrations that took place on the sidelines of the trial, said the leader of the said political formation, Ousmane Sonko.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0We break the law, we burn and we loot. Anyone who does this is arrested [&#8230;] It has nothing to do with human rights. No one is detained in Senegal for their political opinions,\u201d insisted Macky Sall.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Every state has the capacity to defend its laws. It is valid for the State of Senegal and the others [&#8230;] I do not repress,\u00a0\u00bb he argued, still speaking in Wolof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d&rsquo;analyses sur la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\">Senegal<\/a>, suivez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. The President of the Republic denied on Saturday the existence in Senegal of people detained for political reasons. \u00ab\u00a0There are no political prisoners in Senegal. If I did not tolerate everything that is said of the President of the Republic, it would be difficult,\u00a0\u00bb said Macky Sall. 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