On Wednesday, Senegalese lawmakers adopted a revision of the law removing amnesty for specific crimes including murder, ...

Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, paving the way for possible ...

Senegal's parliament on Wednesday will debate a proposed revision of a law granting amnesty for deadly political violence ...

Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Director for West and Central Africa ... leader Ousmane Sonko as part of a judicial investigation triggered protests in Senegal. These protests continued over ...

Senegal's parliament revised an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, enabling prosecutions for serious crimes like murder.

Senegal's parliament revised a controversial amnesty law originally passed in March 2024, removing amnesty for specific crimes. The original law granted amnesty for offenses during protests from 2021 ...

executive director of Amnesty International Senegal. In March 2021, the arrest of then opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as part of a judicial investigation triggered protests in Senegal. These protests ...

which said it had compiled the tally in conjunction with Amnesty International. France hands back two out of five army bases to Senegal A quarter of those killed were school children or students ...

The amnesty was granted just before March 2024 elections as president Macky Sall sought to calm protests sparked by his ...