Mali: UN Expert Urges Mali to Step Up Efforts to Find and Free Opposition Leader

Geneva — The UN expert on human rights in Mali today called on that West African country to step up efforts to find and free abducted opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who was abducted more than four months ago, on 25 March.

"It is disturbing that the fate of Mr. Cissé remains a mystery four months after his abduction," said Alioune Tine, independent expert on the situation of human rights in Mali. "I join the appeal of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has asked the Malian authorities to step up their efforts to get him released."

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