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Junta arrests lawyer and opposition party leader
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] A lawyer and member of a leading Malian opposition party was set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock Saturday after criticising a coup by mutinous soldiers who have claimed control of the country, his family said."Armed soldiers came to the house and set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock my uncle in front of me. They had guns and threatened us. My uncle went with them," said a relative of Kassoum Tapo, a member of the Democratic Alliance of Mali which has 54 of the 147 seats in parliament. Tapo had spoken on behalf of his party against the coup on French international radio RFI on Friday. "The soldiers also took several of my uncle's cars. They demanded the keys to the cars and left with them," the relative said. Three other Malian politicians, requesting anonymity, said they had gone underground, fearing they were being sought by gunnies. "I am in hiding. They are looking for me. We are not going to let the soldiers arrest everyone and make off with our country," one of them told AFP. Several political parties planned to create a "refusal front" against the coup leaders. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-25 |
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