Incident on July 2015 [+] Print this page
Country: Mali [+]
Violation types: Enforced Disappearance [+]
Perpetrator classifications: Military [+]
Description
According to Human Rights Watch: "Government forces carried out military operations against the Islamist armed groups that frequently resulted in arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment, and torture. The Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes, FAMA) were frequently implicated in serious abuses, targeting civilians from the Peuhl and Dogon ethnic groups. The abuses largely ceased after the military handed detainees over to government gendarmes. [...] and the enforced disappearance and apparent execution of a 47-year-old herder by soldiers in Ségou region in July." [+]
Sources
| Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February 2016 | Human Rights Watch | Mali: Abuses Spread South | 02 September 2020 |