On Thursday, Le Pangolin posted [1] that (Fr) Claude Quemar, Secretary of CADTM France [Committee for the Cancellation of Third World Debt] was arrested in Niger presumably for participating in the Niger Social Forum. Today the blog announces that the activist was released last night [2]but with “obligation to leave Niger … CADTM categorically opposes the expulsion and will continue … its fight to elaborate alternatives to the dominant economic model served by the authorities of Niger.”
Niger, France: Debt Relief Activist Arrested and Released
· Written by Alice Backer
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, France, Niger, Economics & Business, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law, Protest