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The Burkina Faso military junta is increasingly abducting civil society activists and political opponents as part of its crackdown on peaceful dissent.

Click to expand Image Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pickup truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, on February 3, 2020. 2020 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi, November 8, 2023) - Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Between November 4 and 5, 2023, the Burkinabe security forces notified in writing or by telephone at least a dozen...

Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said

Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its crackdown on dissent.

Cela fait deux semaines que le gouvernement burkinabé procède à des coupures d’internet dans le pays. Dans un communiqué publié le 22 novembre 2021, le ministère de la Communication et des relations avec le Parlement a tenté de justifier leur acte en invoquant des obligations de défense nationale et de sécurité publique telles que prévues par les lois nationales. Ainsi,

Cela fait deux semaines que le gouvernement burkinabé procède à des coupures d'internet dans le pays. Dans un communiqué publié le 22 novembre 2021, (...)

Human Rights Council Concludes its General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention Format 15 March 2021 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights situations that require the Councils attention. Some speakers said civil space was shrinking across the world as human rights defenders, protestors and journalists were facing ever-more hostile environments. Some speakers emphasised that the promotion and protection of human rig...