Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara has \u200bbeen released from prison, \u200che said at the weekend in a video posted on \u200bFacebook.<\/p>\n
Mara was\u00a0sentenced to two \u200byears\u00a0in October 2025, including \u2060one year in prison \u200band a second on probation, \u200bover a social-media post criticising the military government’s restrictions on democracy.<\/p>\n
He \u200bhad been\u00a0detained last August\u00a0\u200band charged with undermining the credibility \u200cof \u2060the state and spreading false information.<\/p>\n
He had been summoned repeatedly over a social \u200bmedia post \u200bin \u2060July 2025 that expressed solidarity with government \u200bcritics who had been \u200bjailed.<\/p>\n
Mara \u2060was among few public figures in Mali who criticised \u2060Assimi \u200bGoita’s military government.<\/p>\n
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