HRW Calls on AU to End Mali Junta’s Crackdown on Dissent

HRW Calls on AU to End Mali Junta’s Crackdown on Dissent

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the African Union (AU) to take immediate action against the Mali junta’s growing political repression, highlighting a surge in arrests and forced disappearances targeting opposition figures and activists. Since taking power through two successive coups in 2020 and 2021, Mali’s military rulers have been accused of using force to silence critics, dissolve civil society groups, and stifle the media. In a letter to…

Mali: African Union (AU) Action Needed to End Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should take urgent action to stop the Malian junta’s crackdown on the political opposition and dissent, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to African Union officials. The Commission should give immediate attention to the cases of several political figures who are or were presumed forcibly disappeared by the Malian authorities… Read More »Mali: African Union (AU) Action Needed to End Crac…