Hamadou Souley

Souley in 2022.

Hamadou Adamou Souley is a Nigerien politician who served as the Minister of the Interior[1] and Decentralization from November 2021 until his arrest during the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[2][3]

Souley remains imprisoned by the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland military junta, as of 2025. In April 2025, Transparency Interntaional Niger and the Association for the Fight against Corruption (l’Association nigérienne de lutte contre la corruption, ANLC-TI) denounced the continued detention of Souley and other political and civilian figures, describing their arrests as "prolonged and unjust detentions"and "flagrant violations of human rights."[4] They called for the immediate release of Souley, as well as the release of others detained by the junta, including former President Mohamed Bazoum and former First Lady Hadiza Bazoum.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Humanitarian Crisis Feared In Niger After Algeria Expels 7,000 Migrants". www.thenewsagency.in. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ Sarah Dean; Niamh Kennedy; Larry Madowo (2023-07-26). "Niger soldiers claim power after president's own guards reportedly seize him". CNN. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  3. ^ "Speaker Biographies – Session I" (PDF). UNOCHA. January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Atafa, Ahmadou (2025-03-28). "Niger: Transparency International appelle à la libération de Mohamed Bazoum et des détenus politiques". Aïr Info Agadez. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-07-19.


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