{"id":9229,"date":"2023-09-21T16:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:24:36","slug":"nigers-ousted-leader-petitions-ecowas-court-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/9229\/nigers-ousted-leader-petitions-ecowas-court-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger&#8217;s ousted leader petitions Ecowas court for help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".1e8ewnk6z9s.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-650bebe53fc96e28602bd944.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">Ousted Nigerien President <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=Mohamed+Bazoum\">Mohamed Bazoum<\/a> has appealed to the West African bloc Ecowas\u2019s court for his release, his lawyer has said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1e8ewnk6z9s.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-650bebe53fc96e28602bd944.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">A suit was filed with the court on Monday demanding Mr Bazoum&#8217;s release and reinstatement as president following his \u201carbitrary arrest\u201d and \u201cviolation of freedom of movement\u201d following the coup in July, his lawyer Seydou Diagne said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1e8ewnk6z9s.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-650bebe53fc96e28602bd944.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">\u201cWe request&#8230; in view of the violation of political rights, that the state of Niger be ordered to immediately restore constitutional order by handing over power to President Bazoum, who must continue to exercise it until the end of his mandate,&#8221; he is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1e8ewnk6z9s.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-650bebe53fc96e28602bd944.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">His wife and son, who are also being detained by the military junta, are named in the application, the Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1e8ewnk6z9s.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-650bebe53fc96e28602bd944.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">Ecowas has <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/8873\/ecowas-says-we-are-going-into-niger-if-all-else-fails\/\">threatened<\/a> military intervention to restore Mr Bazoum to power if diplomatic efforts fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum has appealed to the West African bloc Ecowas\u2019s court for his release, his lawyer has said. 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