A former president of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, a critic of the island nation’s current leader Azali Assoumani, was placed under house arrest recently in order to “preserve” public order, the Interior Ministry said.
“Considering his actions in recent days and in order to preserve public order and security, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi is placed under house arrest,” the ministry said in a statement.
If Sambi needed to travel, he would have to “submit an application” to the authorities.
Sambi, who was president between 2006 and 2011, hit out at the move, saying “acts like these put our democracy under threat. We no longer have the right to meet, to express ourselves, to move….
Source: Seychelles News Agency
