Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths

In Senegal, the Constitutional Council rejected on 24 April an interpretative law presented by members of the President's camp who wanted to amend the amnesty law passed by former President Macky Sall at the end of his term of office. This law annulled the prosecution of all crimes and offences committed between February 2021 and February 2024 during the opposition demonstrations. A decision unanimously welcomed by the Senegalese political class.

Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths

DAKAR - Senegal's top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government demonstrations between 2021 and 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Senegal's top court rejects bid to revise amnesty for protest deaths

Senegal’s highest court has rejected a proposal to amend an amnesty law that could have paved the way for prosecutions related to the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government protests between 2021 and 2024. Earlier this month, Senegal’s parliament had passed revisions to the law, originally enacted in March 2024 under former President Macky Sall, which pardoned offenses committed by both security forces and protesters. The amnesty w…

The decision of the Constitutional Council on the interpretative law of the amnesty law, is largely commented on by the daily newspapers of Thursday 24 April 2025. The Constitutional Council ruled, contrary to the Constitution, in article 1 of the Law on the interpretation of the amnesty law, adop

Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths - Regional Media News

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government demonstrations between 2021 and 2024. The West African country’s parliament had approved revisions earlier this month to the law, which was passed in March 2024 under former President Macky Sall to pardon offences committed by both se…

By Mawunyo Hermann Boko /Jeune Afrique / Africa in Summary / April 23, 2025. The text adopted by the National Assembly at the beginning of April would have allowed prosecution of the crimes of torture, murder and murder, provided for in the initial amnesty law, approved during the presidency of former Macky Sall. But the Council [...] The entry Senegal. The Constitutional Council rejects the interpretative law on amnesty was first published in L…