The Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as 'Papito Kara', has died at sea while trying to reach Spain.
The Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as"Papito Kara", has died at sea while trying to reach Spain.He had left without telling anyone from Kayar, a small port north of Dakar, on 24 October.
"He was a public figure, he had his whole future ahead of him," Daouda Mbaye, a colleague from private channel Leral TV, toldThe activist was arrested last summer for spreading"false news", according to the authorities, and finally released under judicial supervision in January 2023."In Dakar, it was complicated for him; he had been afraid of being arrested again since his release from prison," said Matar Ndiaye, another of his brothers.
Nearly 1,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea in the first six months of 2023, according to the NGO
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