# Madagascar’s former Senate chief gets hard-labour sentence over deadly Gen Z protest crackdown

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- BBC News, 2026-09-02 11:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0z3x4n9ypo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Madagascar’s former Senate chief has received a hard-labour sentence over the crackdown on deadly Gen Z protests. The UN says last year’s unrest killed at least 22 people and injured more than 100.