2023-08-12 17:12:35
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, sequestered in his presidential residence in Niamey since a coup that overthrew him on July 26, “had a visit from his doctor” Saturday, said one of his relatives to AFP, when concerns about his fate are increasing.
” The president of the Republic “Mohamed Bazoum, “had a visit from his doctor today”who him “also brought food”as well as his son and his wife retained with him, said this relative. “He is fine given the situation”he added.
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Several representatives of organizations and countries allied with Niger before the coup expressed their concern about the conditions of confinement and the state of health of the ousted president.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday expressed “his serious concerns” on “the deterioration of the conditions of detention” by Mohamed Bazoum.
“Such treatment of a democratically elected president through a regular electoral process is inadmissible”he denounced.
Treatment of his family described as ‘inhuman and cruel’
The European Union (EU) also expressed its “deep concern”using the same terms as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said he was “dismayed” by the refusal of military leaders to release Mohamed Bazoum.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also said “preoccupied” par “the deplorable conditions in which President Bazoum and his family would live”the organization said in a statement.
According to the NGO Human Rights Watch who spoke to Mohamed Bazoum, he described the treatment of his family as “inhuman and cruel”.
According to the American media CNN, Mohamed Bazoum has only pasta and rice to eat. According to the same source, he also claimed in a series of messages sent to a friend that no one brought him food or medicine.
The visit of Mohamed Bazoum’s doctor comes two days after the authorization of the Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy the “standby force” organization, with a view to a possible military intervention in Niger.
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