Lawyers for Niger's ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as former colonial ruler France said its forces would be gone from the West African country by year's end as planned.
Since he was toppled by the military on July 26, Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum had been held at his residence in the heart of the presidential palace along with his wife and son.
Bazoum, his wife and son are being"held incommunicado, without access to lawyers or the outside world", Mohamed Seydou Diagne, coordinator of the collective, said in a statement sent to AFP in Abidjan.Being held"incommunicado", the lawyer said, was"a new red line which has been crossed by a junta which continues to violate the fundamental rights of our client".
"The big logistical flows will really start next week," he added, noting that 2,500 containers were due to be shipped out of the country.
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