Senegal: released prisoners were “arrested arbitrarily”, according to the prisoners’ collective. The Senegalese Minister of Justice confirms the release of 344 people since Thursday February 15, 2024.
Measures intended to “calm ” the public space while the country is still waiting for a date for the presidential election. The detainees estimate that there are more than 1,600 people incarcerated following the opposition demonstrations in Senegal since 2021. The collective of prisoners intends to sue the State and demand compensation for all those who spent months in preventive detention without having been tried or who were ultimately acquitted.