Sources and references
- Beninese opposition leader gets 20-year sentence.
https://beninwebtv.com/2021/12/benin-lopposante-reckya-madougou-condamnee-a-20-ans-de-prison-ferme/
- Reckya Madougou was convicted of financing terrorism by a special court on 11 December.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/10/benin-opposition-reckya-madougou/
- She became the second opposition figure to be jailed within a week.
- President Patrice Talon, who came into power in 2016 was accused of excluding all his main challengers, including Madougou, from the presidential election in April, which he won with 86%.
- Once praised as a multi-party democracy, Benin is now been viewed as an “autocratic state” under the presidency of Patrice Talon.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/benin-opposition-leader-sentenced-20-years-prison-2021-12-11/
Sources:
https://www.africanews.com/2021/12/12/sentencing-of-benin-s-opposition-leader-sparks-reactions/