{"id":2000120,"date":"2023-08-14T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:44:33","slug":"ousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted President&#8217;s Life at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ousted President Now Facing Death Penalty<\/h2>\n<p>Despite warnings from the U.S. and West African\u200d nations, Niger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty\/\" title=\"Ousted President's Life at Risk\">mutinous military regime announced<\/a> on \u200cSunday that it will\u200c charge ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for\u2062 \u201chigh treason,\u201d a \u200dcharge\u200d that could carry the\u2062 death penalty, The Associated Press\u200d reported Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Niger military spokesman Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said the regime had \u201cgathered the necessary evidence\u201d to prosecute Bazoum \u201cfor high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger\u201d during an announcement on state television Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement comes hours after Niger\u2019s military regime said they\u2019d be willing to discuss diplomatic options\u200b with West African nations, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>If Bazoum is convicted, he could face the death\u2064 penalty in accordance with Niger\u2019s penal code, AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bazoum,\u2064 the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-heads-to-polls-in-search-of-first-democratic-transition\/\" title=\"Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition\">democratically elected president<\/a>, was overthrown by Niger\u2019s military on July 26 and\u2062 has since\u2063 been held under house\u200b arrest with his wife and\u2064 son in Niger\u2019s presidential compound.<\/p>\n<p>The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the \u200cdeployment of\u2063 standby forces in the \u200bregion but not yet invaded Niger or engaged in conflict with the country\u2019s\u2064 military regime, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before the announcement that Bazoum would be \u2062charged with treason, Niger\u2019s military regime told journalists and a mediation team of Islamic scholars that they were open to \u2062discussions with \u200dECOWAS, according to the\u2064 AP. How the \u200cannouncement \u2062will\u200b affect the discussions, which \u2064are\u200d set to take\u2064 place this week, is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see what \u2063these negotiations actually look like, because it\u2019s also in \u2064the [military\u2019s] benefit \u2062to in the least entertain\u2063 talks. That \u200cdoesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll \u200dbe serious about them,\u201d said former U.S. State\u200c Department official Aneliese\u2064 Bernard, according to the\u2062 AP.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department did not \u200dimmediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an \u200bindependent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-ceo-out-after-closing-prominent-conservatives-account-and-then-lying-about-it\/\" title=\"Bank CEO Fired for Closing Prominent Conservative's Account and Deceiving Public\">nonpartisan newswire \u200dservice<\/a>, is \u2062available without charge\u2063 to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please\u2064 contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ousted-president-now-facing-death-penalty\/\">Ousted President Now Facing Death Penalty<\/a> appeared first \u2064on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niger&#8217;s mutinous military regime, defying warnings from the U.S. and West African nations, plans to charge ex-President Mohamed Bazoum with &#8220;high treason.&#8221; The regime, claiming to possess sufficient evidence, announced this decision on Sunday, potentially subjecting Bazoum to the death penalty, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2194,"featured_media":2000121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}