the lawyers of ousted president Mohamed Bazoum announce a complaint against the authors of the coup d’état

The lawyers of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown by a coup d’état on July 26 and held prisoner since, announced the filing of a complaint in Niamey against the perpetrators of the putsch as well as the referral to the Human Rights Council of ONU. This complaint, consulted on Monday October 2 by AFP, targets General Abdourahamane Tiani, the new strongman of Niger, and “all others”For “attack and conspiracy against the authority of the State, crimes and offenses committed by civil servants and arbitrary arrests and confinements”. In a press release, Mohamed Bazoum’s lawyers also announced that they would seize the “working group on arbitrary detention” and the “human rights committee”two bodies of the UN Human Rights Council.

Mohamed Bazoum, who still refuses to resign, has been held prisoner in his residence since the coup. It remains supported by certain countries, such as France, which refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the military regime and considers it its only interlocutor.