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. [...] In addition to firing on protestors, soldiers also physically assaulted both protestors and bystanders. Four people interviewed separately told the Amnesty International delegation that, on 30 October 2014, on the road leading to the Presidential Palace, a girl, believed to be aged between 15 and 16 years old, who was not taking part in the protest but watching it from the side, was beaten several times by soldiers with cords and belts. One unemployed person who was marching towards the Kosyam Palace told Amnesty International: “At the Hotel Libya, the soldiers stopped us moving forward, they managed to get us to move back, but we managed to move forward again. A girl, aged 15 to 16 years old, who was watching the protest on the pavement, was targeted by the soldiers who beat her with belts and cords, other protestors were also beaten in the same way.” [...] 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." ^[+]