Anti-French activist Kémi Séba Freed In Paris Without Charges

Kémi Séba, a Beninese activist and a fierce critic of French imperialism, has been released from detention without charges, two days after he was arrested in France.

The Pan-Africanist who has been stripped of his French nationality was detained on Monday reportedly on suspicion of “foreign interference” in French affairs.

TRT Africa reported that despite his release, France’s prosecutor’s office would continue preliminary investigations into possible “foreign interference” and “intelligence sharing” with a view to “stirring up hostilities or acts of aggression against France”.

Sebas’s fellow Pan Africanist, Hery Djehuty, who was arrested alongside him, was also released.

Séba, who travels on a diplomatic passport issued by Niger, was arrested when he went to France to visit his sick father, 

His lawyer, Juan Branco, described Sheba’s arrest as “violent” and reflective of the French government’s “criminalisation of a political opponent and intellectual”.

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