Former Mali PM Moussa Mara Walks Free After Imprisonment

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Former Mali PM Moussa Mara Walks Free After Imprisonment

DAKAR, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara has ​been released from prison, ‌he said at the weekend in a video posted on ​Facebook.

• Mara was sentenced to two ​years in October 2025, including ⁠one year in prison ​and a second on probation, ​over a social-media post criticising the military government’s restrictions on democracy.
• He ​had been detained last August ​and charged with undermining the credibility ‌of ⁠the state and spreading false information.
• He had been summoned repeatedly over a social ​media post ​in ⁠July 2025 that expressed solidarity with government ​critics who had been ​jailed.
• Mara ⁠was among few public figures in Mali who criticised ⁠Assimi ​Goita’s military government.

Reuters