UN rights chief says Niger president treason case has 'no legal basis'

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said there was no legal basis for Niger's military junta to prosecute deposed ...

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSGENEVA - The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said there was no legal basis for Niger's military junta to prosecute deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for high treason, saying the"very notion of freedoms" in the country was at stake.

"This decision is not only politically motivated against a democratically elected President but has no legal basis as the normal functioning of democratic institutions has been cast aside," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.

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