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Niger - UPDATE - Ongoing harassment of human rights defender, Mr Marou Amadou by security forces posted on: 2009/09/23

On 16 September 2009, at approximately 10.30 pm, members of the national police came to the home of Marou Amadou seeking to re-arrest him. A number of human rights defenders had gathered outside of the home and demanded to see an arrest warrent. The police could not produce a warrent but waited in a threatening manner outside of the house until the early hours of the morning of 17 September.

Niger: Detention of human rights defender Mr Marou Amadouposted on: 2009/08/17

Human rights defender Mr Marou Amadou has been detained by the Forces Nationales d'Intervention et de Sécurité – FNIS (National Intervention and Security Forces ) on 11 August 2009 after being discharged by Niamey's Tribunal de grande instance – TGI (Court of first instance). New charges have been brought against him and he is currently being held in the Koutoukalé high security prison, 48 km from Niamey.