According to Amnesty International: "Amnesty International has documented several cases of extrajudicial executions, unlawful killings and enforced disappearances in Mali between February and March 2020. All the documented incidents occurred in the communes of Diabaly and Dogofry, in the cercle of Niono, in the region of Ségou. They were committed by the security forces as the military scaled up their operations in the wake of attacks by armed groups active in the region. Since Mali is in a state of non-international armed conflict, deliberate killings of civilians and attacks targeting civilians may constitute war crimes. [...] A witness told Amnesty International: “He [Oumar Diallo] was tasked by the villagers with querying with the soldiers about the whereabouts of the two that were arrested on 3 February. Since he was an elected official, we believed that he was less at risk and that’s why we asked him to go along with another villager. They were on their way to Ségou when they were intercepted near the bridge in Diabaly and detained in the camp by the soldiers”. Another witness involved in the collection of the body of Oumar Diallo and his burial, interviewed by Amnesty International said this: “Some days after their arrests and detention in Diabaly, Oumar Diallo and “Sidi” were being driven by the soldiers to Ségou. They had been ill-treated in Diabaly and were both blindfolded while on the way. Soldiers were discussing among themselves during the transfer whether Oumar Diallo was still alive on the road. In Ségou, he was found to be dead." ^[+]