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Ndiaga Seck trial in Louga: Jamra organisation contests closed-door hearing

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The Jamra organisation contests the defence’s request for a closed-door hearing in the trial of Ndiaga Seck and co-defendants, which involves 32 defendants before the Louga court. It calls for the same judicial treatment for all defendants, while the trial has been adjourned to 14 December, according to SeneNews.

The Jamra organisation contests the defence’s request for a closed-door hearing in the trial of Ndiaga Seck and his 31 co-defendants before the Louga court of first instance. The organisation calls for all 32 defendants to be subject to the same judicial rules, according to SeneNews.

The trial has been adjourned to 14 December. The defence lawyers said in particular that they do not have access to the case file and asked that the next hearing be held behind closed doors; the court is to consider this request at that hearing, SeneNews reports.

The trial of the 32 defendants, who face several charges, had already opened in Louga on 12 November before being adjourned to 14 December the adjournment of the trial to 14 December.

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