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Amnesty for coup plotters

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    Parliament in Niger voted 72-7 on Thursday for a law granting amnesty to participants in the country’s last two military coups, the second of which, in April 1999, resulted in the assassination of President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, according to news organisations. The no votes came from the Rassemblement pour la Democratie et le Progres (RDP), Mainassara’s former party.

    The bill has been criticised by human rights groups both in Niger and abroad.

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