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According to Amnesty International: "ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND ILLTREATMENT BY THE MALIAN ARMY A number of people were arrested by the Malian army because of alleged links to Islamist armed groups. On 28 January 2013, the delegation was able to meet three detainees at the Sévaré Gendarmerie Mixed Brigade arrested because they were suspected to be members of the Islamist armed groups. [...] Another detainee, also a farmer, told the circumstances of his arrest: “I was arrested in Douentza on 25 January during an identity check at a checkpoint. The soldier in charge of the control told me that my name indicates that I was "jihadist".”" [+]
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| Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 February 2013 | Amnesty International | MALI: FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION AFTER THREE WEEK CONFLICT | 06 September 2020 |