Mali: sentenced to 18 months in prison, activist Ras Bath remains in detention
In Mali, columnist Ras Bath has just been sentenced to 18 months in prison, including nine months in prison.
In detention for a year, the Malian radio host and activist was prosecuted, among other things, for “
criminal conspiracy
” and “
undermining the credit of the State
”.
Ras Bath therefore served his sentence, but the Bamako Court of Appeal still keeps him in detention.
Radio host and activist Ras Bath, in Bamako, Mali (illustrative image).
© MICHELE CATTANI / AFP
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In Mali, Ras Bath, activist and spokesperson for the Collective for the Defense of the Republic,
was arrested in March 2023
, following remarks he made during a meeting with the political party of the former Prime Minister, Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, who died in detention a year earlier.
Ras Bath denounced an assassination, while the transitional authorities refused to evacuate the former head of government to ensure his care.
At first instance, the Rasta activist had been acquitted for the charges of “
simulation of an offense
”, but
he remained prosecuted
for “
criminal conspiracy
” and “
damage to the credit of the State
”, for which he has just been be sentenced to nine months in prison this Monday, March 11.
A sentence that Ras Bath has largely served, but the Court of Appeal still decided to keep him behind bars.
According to a source close to the case contacted by RFI, all his requests for release have been systematically rejected, because the radio host is still
the subject of a committal warrant
issued by the investigating judge.
For their part, those close to Ras Bath have always denounced a political trial.
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