Three people have been killed in protests since Sall postponed the February 25 vote until December.
With international pressure on Sall growing, the Aar Sunu Election (Let's protect our election) collective of some 40 civil, religious and professional groups called for a peaceful rally in Dakar.
But it called off the protest until Saturday, saying that Dakar city authorities banned the march as it could disrupt traffic.
A heavy police presence was seen around the area where the demonstration was due to take place.
Authorities also cut mobile internet access for the second time since Sall suspended the election. The communications ministry blamed "the dissemination on social networks of several subversive hate messages that have already provoked violent demonstrations."
The U.S. and France reaffirmed calls for Sall to hold the election as promised.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is said to have spoken to Sall on Tuesday morning to emphasize the need for elections to be on schedule, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters in Washington.
‘’We want to see them take place as soon as possible," he said. Miller said the U.S. was "extremely concerned about the situation."
France's foreign ministry urged the West African nation to ensure a "proportionate" response to protests and reiterated its calls for the presidential poll to be held "as soon as possible."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was "extremely important that all Senegalese have their right to demonstrate peacefully respected."
He called for the situation to be "resolved through established constitutional means," said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Demonstrations in Senegal require authorization and authorities have routinely blocked many opposition rallies in recent years.
Unauthorized protests often descend into violence and dozens have been killed since 2021, according to rights groups. Police clashed with protesters in Dakar on Friday.
Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN’s rights office, said at least three young men had been killed and 266 people, including journalists, were reportedly arrested across the country since the election was called off on February 3.
The UN called for a swift and independent probe into the deaths.
"Senegalese authorities continue to display utter disregard for peaceful dissent," said Samira Daoud, Amnesty International's specialist for West and Central Africa.
The authorities must "investigate the lethal use of force against protestors," she added.
Sall said he postponed the election because of disputes over the disqualification of potential candidates and over fears of a return to unrest seen in 2021 and 2023.
Parliament backed Sall's suspension of the election until December 15, but only after security forces stormed parliament and removed some opposition lawmakers who opposed the bill.
The vote paved the way for Sall — whose second term was due to expire in April — to remain in office until a successor is installed, probably in 2025.
Possible amnesty
Senegal's opposition has decried the move as a "constitutional coup," saying Sall's party feared defeat in the election.
Sall, who has been in power since 2012, is now reportedly seeking a way out of the turmoil and has spoken of "appeasement and reconciliation."
Media reports have raised the possibility of dialogue with the opposition, including anti-establishment firebrand Ousmane Sonko, who fought the state for more than two years before being imprisoned last year.
Some see the possibility of an amnesty for Sonko, his imprisoned second-in-command Bassirou Diomaye Faye and those detained during unrest in 2021 and 2023.
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