| Start Date | End Date | Description | Violation Types | Exact Location | Perpetrator Unit | Perpetrator Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Excessive Use Of Force |
Outside the residence of François Compaoré, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Excessive Use Of Force |
between the Palace and Laico Hotel, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Excessive Use Of Force |
near the Presidential residence, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Unlawful Killing, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Life, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Arbitrary Use Of Lethal Force |
Boinsyaare, a street parallel to the main road to François Compaoré's house, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Beating, Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests |
Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 02 November 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Physical Assault, Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests |
At the state television headquarters, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 30 October 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Physical Assault, Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests |
Hotel Libya, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Excessive Use Of Force |
Near the residence of François Compaoré, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 02 November 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Right To Freedom From Torture, Cruel, Inhuman And Degrading Treatment And Punishment, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Excessive Use Of Force |
A roundabout, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 30 October 2014 | 30 October 2014 | According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and … |
Unlawful Killing, Right To Freedom Of Expression, Right To Life, Right To Peaceful Assembly, Violent Repression Of Peaceful Protests, Arbitrary Use Of Lethal Force |
Near the Nigerian Embassy, in the area of Ouagadougou known as "Ouga 2000", Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso |
Army
Gendarmerie |
|
| 27 September 2017 | 28 September 2017 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 December 2017 | 22 March 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … |
Mass Arrest, Mistreatment In Detention |
Nassoumbou, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Joint Task Force |
|
| 28 December 2017 | 17 February 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | Sona camp, None | ||
| 01 July 2017 | 01 July 2017 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … |
Mass Arrest, Mistreatment In Detention |
near a village in the Soum Province, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Military
Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 November 2017 | 17 February 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | near Nassoumbou, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 November 2017 | 17 February 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 November 2017 | 17 February 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | near Kabakoy village, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 November 2017 | 01 November 2017 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | army checkpoint a few kilometers north of Nassoumbou market, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 13 October 2017 | 13 October 2017 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | the mosque in the sector 4 neighborhood of Djibo, Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 01 March 2018 | 01 March 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented 14 alleged summary executions by state security forces, and four deaths in their custody. Several other … | Alleged Extrajudicial Execution | Nassoumbou market, Nassoumbou, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army Police Nationale Joint Task Force |
|
| 29 January 2018 | 19 March 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Three witnesses described the detention of some 15 men on January 29, 2018 shortly after an ambush by armed Islamists … |
Mass Arrest, Mistreatment In Detention |
near the ambush site on the road between the villages of Baraboulé and Petegoli, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Military
Police Joint Task Force |
|
| 29 January 2018 | 19 March 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Three witnesses described the detention of some 15 men on January 29, 2018 shortly after an ambush by armed Islamists … | Mistreatment In Detention | on the way to the Djibo police station, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Military
Police Joint Task Force |
|
| 29 January 2018 | 19 March 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Three witnesses described the detention of some 15 men on January 29, 2018 shortly after an ambush by armed Islamists … | Mistreatment And Death In Detention | Djibo police station, Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Military
Police Joint Task Force |
|
| 24 September 2018 | 24 September 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented nine incidents that followed a similar modus operandi: dozens of security force members, travelling on both … | Alleged Execution | Baraboulé, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army |
|
| 01 October 2018 | 01 October 2018 | According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch documented nine incidents that followed a similar modus operandi: dozens of security force members, travelling on both … | Alleged Execution | Arbinda, Sahel, Burkina Faso |
Gendarmerie
Army |