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Human rights in Burkina Faso

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Two people walk among the burning rubbles — Two people walk among the burning rubbles in the Koudoukou market, in the PK5 district in Bangui on December 26, 2019, after clashes erupted when traders took up arms to oppose taxes levied by militia groups. – At least 11 people were killed in fighting between militiamen and traders in a restive district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, two security officials and an imam said on December 26, 2019. The security sources said between 11 and 14 people died after clashes erupted late on December 25, 2019, while the imam, Awad Al Karim, said “16 bodies” had been brought to the local Ali Babolo mosque. (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES / AFP) (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Armed conflicts and state repression in Africa fuel cocktail of human rights violations

April 7, 2020 | abuses by armed groups

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Burkina Faso: Forced and early marriage puts thousands of girls at risk

April 22, 2016 | children’s rights

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Burkina Faso: Forced and early marriage puts thousands of girls at risk

April 22, 2016 | children’s rights

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

February 22, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

February 18, 2016 | Annual Report

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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

February 18, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Devastating news of the deaths of Leila Alaoui and Mahamadi Ouédraogo

January 19, 2016

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Burkina Faso: No amnesty for soldiers who killed unarmed civilians

October 13, 2015

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Army must free detained leaders in Burkina Faso and avoid violent repression of protests

September 17, 2015 | Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso: Opportunity to abolish the death penalty must be seized

August 27, 2015

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Burkina Faso – Elections cannot ignore women’s crisis

July 15, 2015

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State of the World 2014/2015

February 25, 2015