Ali IDRISSA NANI was arrested at around 4pm in his garden on the outskirts of Niamey by six police officers and taken to the judicial police after giving interviews to denounce the ban on demonstrations. Charged with ‘inciting violence and disturbing the peace’, he was released at around 11pm after a lengthy interrogation. Reconvened to the judicial police on 22 May 2017 and questioned from 9am to 3pm, he was notified that an investigation into ‘incitement to revolt’ against him remained open.