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Supreme Court upholds dissolution of opposition party

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    Mauritania’s Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a 28 October decision by the government to ban the county’s main opposition party, l’Union des forces democratiques/Ere nouvelle (UFD/EN), the party said. The UFD/EN had appealed against the government’s decision, which it had described as “illegal and illegitimate”.

    The opposition party claimed that the legal system was an instrument of the government, and appealed to Mauritanians and the international community to support its fight for democracy. The Supreme Court’s decision cannot be appealed against.

    UFD-EN was dissolved by government decree for “instigating violence” and “action to undermine the country’s interest”.

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