Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko has started a hunger strike after being arrested on new charges, while his lawyers criticize his arrest. Sonko, a vocal critic of President Macky Sall, claims the charges are aimed at preventing him from participating in politics. Sonko's lawyers argue that his arrest cancels out his conviction in a moral corruption case. The new charges against Sonko include calling for insurrection, undermining state security, criminal association with a terrorist body, and theft. Another prominent Senegalese journalist and government critic, Pape Ale Niang, has also been arrested and started a hunger strike.

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