Incident between 29 January 2018 and 19 March 2018 [+] Print this page
Location: near the ambush site on the road between the villages of Baraboulé and Petegoli, Sahel [+]
Country: Burkina Faso [+]
Violation types: Mass Arrest [+] Mistreatment in detention [+]
Perpetrator classifications: Joint Task Force [+] Military [+] Police [+]
Location
This incident took place in near the ambush site on the road between the villages of Baraboulé and Petegoli, Sahel, Burkina Faso [+]
Description
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 killed two policemen on the road between the villages of Baraboulé and Petegoli. Two of the detained men, one with a mental illness, died as a result of mistreatment meted out by both policemen and soldiers. One witness described the man’s injuries: “he had black and blue marks and coagulated blood all over his body; and his face was visibly swollen.” Another witness said: The ambush happened around 6:30 a.m. The police asked for army reinforcement then started arresting shepherds who were watching their animals or going to market. I saw the police and soldiers beating them, severely, with wood, rubber cords and gun butts near the ambush site and on the way to the Djibo police station" [+]
Sources
| Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2018 | Human Rights Watch | "By Day We Fear the Army, By Night the Jihadists" - Abuses by Armed Islamists and Security Forces in Burkina Faso | 05 February 2019 |