Close Menu
    • Français
    • English
    Facebook X (Twitter) YouTube
    Friday, 13 June 2025
    Afro impact
    Facebook X (Twitter) YouTube
    • News
    • Society
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • French
    • Français
    • English
    Afro impact
    News » Politics » Benin: The Democrats initiate an amnesty law for political prisoners and exiles.

    Benin: The Democrats initiate an amnesty law for political prisoners and exiles.

    By Afro impact Newsroom25 March 2023Updated:19 June 2023
    In Benin The Democrats initiate an amnesty law for political prisoners and those in exile.
    Ms Réckya Madougou, rejected candidate of The Democrats for the 2021 presidential elections in Benin

    In Benin, the opposition party The Democrats announced on Friday 24 March, through a press conference, that it had initiated a special amnesty law for imprisoned political opponents and those in exile.

    The initiative, which comes from the parliamentary group The Democrats, aims to ease the socio-political situation in Benin, which is characterised by a context of high tensions that have undermined social cohesion and national unity in recent years.

    Thus, this bill has two (02) titles with nine (09) articles according to the president of the party’s parliamentary group. Title 1 takes into account the amnesty of political figures in prison, political detainees and all those who are provisionally released. This is the case, according to the speakers, of Réckya Madougou and Joël Aïvo.

    Title 2 deals with amnesty and/or the dropping of legal proceedings against Benin’s political figures living in exile. These are Valentin Agossou DJENONTIN, Léhady Vinagnon SOGLO, Komi KOUTCHE, Sébastien Germain AJAVON, Fatouma AMADOU DJIBRIL, Amissétou AFFO DJOBO, etc., say The Democrats

    Acknowledging that their number is largely insufficient to pass a bill in the National Assembly, The Democrats then invited the other parliamentary groups with a majority in parliament to spare no effort to pass the bill in the interest of Benin

    In addition, Eric Houndété and his teammates prayed to “His Excellency Patrice TALON, President of the Republic and father of all Beninese, to work for the successful completion of this law, all of which will strengthen his economic, political and social record,” they said.

    Moreover, this announcement of the proposed law comes in a context where the conditions of detention of political opponents such as Réckya Madougou and Joël Aïvo are widely criticised. Earlier on Friday, former President Boni Yayi had called on President Patrice Talon on the appalling conditions of detention of these two political figures. “The isolation of a detainee, deprived of any possibility of communication, of any possibility of information, of any possibility of calling his family and moreover of access to his lawyer, constitutes an act of torture,” wrote the former President of the Republic.

    Benin
    Share. Facebook WhatsApp
    Afro impact Newsroom
    • Facebook
    • X (Twitter)

    The editorial staff of Afro-impact offers to provide you with African information in its entirety, without bias, in order to give a true picture of the African continent.

    Related Posts

    National entrepreneurship genius in Benin: Unstim and its partners commit to Benin’s industrial revolution

    Oswald Homeky, Minister of Sports of Benin

    Benin: Oswald Homeky, minister of sports, resigns

    Africa maps with niger country in twilight

    Insecurity: Invading Niger could exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis in West Africa

    UNSTIM organizes the 1st National Entrepreneurship Days in Benin

    1st National Entrepreneurship Genius Days in Benin: UNSTIM wants to reveal the genius of its students

    Best Ladies 2022, Titigweti English Club, English Speakers' Days 2023

    English Speakers’ Days: who will be crowned “Best Lady 2023” at Titigweti English Club?

    Chrysoula Zacharopoulou visits Talon: Benin and France revive their cooperation

    Chrysoula Zacharopoulou visits Talon: Benin and France revive their cooperation

    Comments are closed.


    Add Afro impact to your Google News feed.  Google News


    Recent Posts
    • National entrepreneurship genius in Benin: Unstim and its partners commit to Benin’s industrial revolution
    • Willie O’Ree: Breaking barriers on and off the ice
    • Deion Sanders Sparks Controversy With Comments on Activities “Black Folks Don’t Do”
    • MANSSAH: The initiative of African renewal to rethink Africa
    • Benin: Oswald Homeky, minister of sports, resigns
    • Nigeria: investigation launched after the mysterious death of rapper Mohbad
    • MHD sentenced to 12 years in prison for Loïk K.’s murder: a long-awaited verdict
    • Rapper MHD: 18-year prison term sought in murder trial
    • ONE Campaign responds to Summit for driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world
    • The trial of rapper MHD: issues and questions surrounding a murder in Paris
    • Davido : Money causes problems
    • J Cole : Burna Boy is Tupac reincarnated in Africa
    • A time to change africa’s climate narrative (ONE Campaign)
    • Divorce : Steve Harvey shuts down rumors
    • Steve Harvey divorce: Ned Nwoko denies rumors
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Terms of Use
    • Legal Notice
    • DMCA
    © 2021 - 2025 | Afro impact - Edition : carrecube.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    • Français
    • English