Mali: State security frees two people, armed men at Boubou Cissé
Former head of government Boubou Cissé is filing a complaint against X. Several men, armed and in civilian clothes, burst into his home on Thursday, in his absence.
They assaulted his employees and searched his home.
His lawyers believe this incident and the series of arrests are linked.
MICHELE CATTANI / AFP
Text by: David Baché
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In Mali, seven people have been arrested since the start of the week by the Malian intelligence services.
Personalities from the media world, but above all from Malian institutions, and even from the presidency.
Some are still detained, others have been released.
Today, armed men broke into the home of former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé.
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Two of the seven people arrested by state security have been released: Sékou Traoré, the president's chief of staff, as well as Souhahebou Coulibaly, the director of the state agency Agefau.
Two others, on the other hand, are still detained: Mohamed Youssouf Bathily alias Ras Bath, radio columnist on Renouveau FM and protest activist of the Collective for the Defense of the Republic.
As well as Aguibou Tall, deputy director of Agefau, and brother, or rather, half-brother, of the former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé.
Some of his relatives believe that it is because of this family link that Aguibou Tall is worried by the authorities.
Oumar Sidibé, spokesperson for the crisis unit set up after the arrest of Ras Bath
Regarding the three other people arrested by the Malian services since Monday, their fate is more vague.
The two senior executives of the Public Treasury, Messrs Koné and Keita, and the PMU director, Vital Robert Diop, were reportedly transferred to the Malian gendarmerie for a preliminary investigation.
What none of the official sources contacted by RFI wanted or could confirm.
These arrests, which took place outside any legal framework, raise a lot of questions and concerns.
The National Human Rights Commission calls on the authorities and reminds them of their legal obligations.
Aguibou Bouaré, President of the National Human Rights Commission
Armed men at Boubou Cissé
Finally, the former head of government Boubou Cissé filed a complaint against X. Several men, armed and in civilian clothes, burst into his home on Thursday, in his absence.
They assaulted his employees and searched his home.
His lawyers believe this incident and the series of arrests are linked.
Maître Ceccaldi, lawyer for former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé
Since the start of the week, rumors, fueled by publications posted on social networks in particular, accuse Boubou Cissé of being behind a plot against
the transitional authorities
, which is said to be at the origin of the series of arrests.
What the former Prime Minister categorically denies.
► See also: In Mali, the arrests carried out by state security continue
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