Mauritania frees lawmakers convicted over discrimination claims
The presidential pardon ends the prison sentences, but the case has reignited debate over race, freedom of expression and the treatment of anti-slavery activists in the West African nation.
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has pardoned two opposition lawmakers who were sentenced to four years in prison after accusing him of racial discrimination against Black Mauritanians and the descendants of enslaved people.
The two MPs, Mariem Cheikh and Ghamou Achour, were convicted over social media posts alleging the president was promoting what they described as "apartheid" in Mauritania.
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