Niger’s highest court lifts immunity of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum

Published June 14, 2024 5:30 AM

By MONIKA PRONCZUK
Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The highest court in Niger lifted the immunity of the country’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum. Bazoum’s lawyer Reed Brody made the announcement on Frida nearly a year after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers in a military coup. The ruling has opened the door for the military junta to prosecute him.

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