Actions Taken
August 8, 2023
A court in Senegal’s capital Dakar granted a provisional release to journalist Pape Alé Niang on August 8, 2023. Niang, the director of the privately owned news site Dakar Matin, was released after his health deteriorated due to a 10-day hunger strike.
Niang’s release was widely welcomed in Senegal. He had been arrested for the third time on July 29, 2023, and was detained on charges of calling for insurrection and engaging in acts likely to undermine public security. His lawyer, Moussa Sarr, said that his client was arrested following a Facebook live he had posted after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.