# Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years

Date: 2026

## The fact

On 4 May 2026 the Nouakchott-Ouest criminal chamber sentenced opposition deputies Ghamou Achour and Marieme Cheikh Dieng to four years in prison after social-media posts that criticised President [Mohamed Ould Ghazouani](/people/mohamed-ould-ghezouani) and accused the justice system of treating Black citizens as second-class. They had been detained on 21 April.

## Context

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21 April detention; 4 May sentence. Stored as one 4 May 2026 Fact. Keep Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years on 2026-05-04 separate from neighbouring Ghazouani instruments.

The President of Mauritania is head of state. He can contest a presidential poll and sit as the named target of deputies’ posts. He does not write CENI tables, Reuters notes, BBC dispatches, or Nouakchott-Ouest arrêts.

## Evidence and sources

Associated Press carries the official instrument or communique. RFI records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is the owned Sahel-security driver: a completed court sentence against abolitionist deputies who named him.

## What is established and what is not

Established: The Nouakchott-Ouest chamber sentenced the two deputies to four years on 4 May 2026.

Not established: A unique enslaved-person integer, or that Abeid or the deputies are minted.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The chamber sits in his capital. Sharing a GSI table is not a reason to drop 4 May 2026.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years, not a later speech about Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years on 2026-05-04 is not a licence to treat every later Associated Press communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Nouakchott court sentences two abolitionist deputies to four years into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The posts named him. The chamber sits in his capital. Sharing a GSI table is not a reason to drop 4 May 2026. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Mohamed Ould Ghazouani: https://factrail.ai/people/mohamed-ould-ghezouani

## Drivers

- Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space
- Ghazouani Sahel security: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ghazouani-sahel-security

## Sources

- https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260505-mauritanie-deux-d%C3%A9put%C3%A9es-abolitionnistes-condamn%C3%A9es-%C3%A0-4-ans-de-prison-pour-atteinte-aux-symboles-nationaux
- https://apnews.com/article/mauritania-lawmakers-sentenced-51ac1ad0b0b8bd87ef17d530e97df2a4

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mr-ghazouani-deputies-2026