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April 6, 2022

Human Rights Watch: Malian & Russian Forces Summarily Executed 300 Detained Men
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Human Rights Watch is reporting Malian armed forces summarily executed
300 detained men last week in what the group describes as the worst
single atrocity reported in Mali's decade-long armed conflict targeting
Islamist groups. Human Rights Watch reports at least 100 Russian troops
or mercenaries took part in the operation. Human Rights Watch's West
Africa Director Corinne Dufka said, "Abuses by armed Islamist groups is
no justification at all for the military's deliberate slaughter of
people in custody."


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