Niger: Further information on legal concern / fear of ill-treatment / probable prisoners of conscience

Amnesty International has learned that all but one of the detainees arrested on or around 11 January 1997 were released without charge on 23 January 1997. Mahamadou Lamine Yamien remains detained without charge, but has reportedly been allowed access to his family and the CDS. Another political leader, Sala Habi, whose arrest was announced on 25 January, also remains in detention without charge.

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