Amnesty – 2005

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In January 2005, Senegal adopted an amnesty law for all political crimes since 1983.1 One month later, it was decided that the law was constitutional.2

Human Rights – 2014

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While efforts to improve human rights situations were intact with the election of Sall as president, the freedom of movement was restricted due to MFDC use of mines and banditry. 3

Human Rights – 2013

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The US State Department Human Rights Report suggested human rights abuses in Senegal. Nevertheless, it was reported that the government was committed to providing protection and assistance to IDPs, refugees, and stateless persons in cooperation with the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The Sall government also put forth efforts to investigate human rights abuses committed by former Wade administration officials. The freedom of movement was restricted due to MFDC use of mines and banditry.4

In April, the MFDC leader Salif Sadio had asked for the lifting of his arrest warrant as a condition for the dialogue. As the disclosure made by the Catholic Community of Sant’Egidio — a mediator between the rebel group and the Senegalese government — no international arrest warrant was issued against the MFDC leader Salif Sadio.[fn]”Mediators say ex-Senegalese rebel chief has no arrest warrant against him,” BBC Monitoring Africa, April 14, 2013.[/efn_note]

Human Rights – 2009

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Amnesty International reported that in general, journalists and opposition politicians were subjected to harassment and legal proceedings for expressing their opinions. Demonstrations were violently suppressed. Overall, there was very little accommodating behavior from the government.5“Senegal must not curtail freedom of expression in election run-up,” Amnesty International, January 26, 2012.