Click to expand Image In Mali, the recent decision by the Minister of Territorial Administration to disband a student association marks the latest move in a series of government actions designed to curtail freedom of association. The minister asserted that the Association des Élèves et Étudiants du Mali (AEEM) was responsible for “violence and confrontations” within academic environments. Furthermore, the minister stated that in 2017 and 2018, security forces apprehended some of its members who were allegedly found with weapons, narcotics, and significant unjustified sums of money. The AEEM’s dissolution…
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