Reacting to the disappearance of Malian lawyer and leading opposition figure Mountaga Tall in the early hours of 3 May, Ousmane Diallo, Senior Researcher on Sahel at Amnesty International’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa, said: “We are alarmed by the disappearance of Mountaga Tall who was taken from his home by armed men wearing hoods. To date, no one knows if or where he is being held, and if charges have been brought against him. Malian authorities must urgently reveal his fate and whereabouts, and immediately release him or follow due process if he is being accused of any offences. Authorities must end their restrictions on civic space and attacks on human rights. Ousmane Diallo, Senior Researcher on Sahel at Amnesty International’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa “We have observed a pattern of abductions in Mali carried out by agents of the National Agency for State Security (ANSE).…