Mali: Military Attacks on Civilians, Insurgent Abuses
African Union Should Act to Prevent Further Atrocities
Mali’s humanitarian and human rights situation remains dire amid ongoing abuses by armed Islamist groups, state security forces, and government-allied foreign fighters. Civilians continue to absorb the heavy cost of violence from all sides. In March 2022, Malian and allied security forces allegedly summarily executed over 300 men, including suspected Islamist fighters, in Moura, central Mali. The military junta since 2022 has increasingly tightened the space for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Since the conclusion in November 2022 of Operation Barkhane, the nine-year French-led counterinsurgency campaign in Mali, the transitional government deepened its military and diplomatic ties with Russia.
African Union Should Act to Prevent Further Atrocities
Army, Allied Militias, Islamist Armed Groups Commit Violations with Impunity
African Union Should Press for Investigations, Prosecutions
Islamist Armed Groups Responsible for Killing Civilians, Arson
Quash Charges and Release Abdramane Keïta
9 Civilians Killed, Homes Burned in Islamist Armed Group-Held Village
Quash Charges and Release Chahana Takiou
Apparent Indiscriminate Attack in Village Held by Islamist Armed Group
Governments Should Urge Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger to Reverse Decision
Army, Allied Militias, Islamist Armed Groups Commit Violations with Impunity
Lawyer Mountaga Tall Feared Forcibly Disappeared