Senegal: Respect Free Expression, Assembly

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko near the Justice Palace of Dakar, Senegal, March 8, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui (Nairobi) – Senegalese authorities should immediately ensure an independent and thorough investigation into the reported deaths of at least 10 people and injuries of hundreds of others during protests across the country since March 3, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should release those held because of their political beliefs…

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