Mali's Supreme Court on Monday confirmed that the charges against several personalities, including a former prime minister and a star radio host, accused since December of preparing a coup d'état with mysterious outlines, had been dropped. "The court has deliberated. It has rejected the appeal of the public prosecutor" lodged against a decision to drop the proceedings taken in March by the Bamako Court of Appeal, Cheick Oumar Konaré, the lawyer for two of the defendants, told AFP. The five detained personalities, including the activist and radio host Mohamed Youssouf Bathily known as "Ras Bath", were released on Monday afternoon after nearly four months in detention, an AFP correspondent noted at the Central Prison in Bamako.