The United Nations has called on the Niger military junta to immediately release detained President Mohamed Bazoum due to his debilitating health condition.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who made the call on Friday, expressed concern over the conditions in which Bazoum, his wife and his son have been kept since they were detained by the junta following the July 26 coup which ousted the president.
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