Incident between 30 October 2014 and 2 November 2014 [+] Print this page
Location: Boinsyaare, a street parallel to the main road to François Compaoré's house, Ouagadougou, Centre [+]
Country: Burkina Faso [+]
Violation types: Unlawful killing [+] Violations of the right to freedom of expression [+] Violations of the right to life [+] Violations of the right to peaceful assembly [+] Violent repression of peaceful protests [+] arbitrary use of lethal force [+]
Location
This incident took place in Boinsyaare, a street parallel to the main road to François Compaoré's house, Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso [+]
Description
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 the police were deployed. [...] A doctor and human rights defender witnessed the death of another protestor, this time on the protest heading towards the home of François Compaoré’s house: "I was on my motorbike in the protests; a friend was with me. When we arrived at Boinsyaare, which is a street parallel to the main the road to François Compaoré’s house, two vehicles with soldiers onboard were chasing people to stop them reaching the house. They were firing at people from the moving vehicles. A man with dreadlocks was shot; he fell. We ran away and when we came back, he was already dead. His face was covered with a cloth." [...] In the context of the protests that took place in Burkina Faso between 30 October and 2 November 2014, security forces violated the right to life, the right to freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment, the right to peaceful assembly, and the right to freedom of expression, among other human rights. The testimonies and evidence gathered by Amnesty International indicate that security forces arbitrarily used lethal force on peaceful protestors, resulting in at least ten deaths and hundreds of injuries." [+]
Sources
| Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January 2015 | Amnesty International | "Just what were they thinking when they shot at people?” Crackdown on anti-government protests in Burkina Faso. Index number: AFR 60/001/2015. | 22 February 2019 |