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04/30/2012
Mali: War Crimes by Northern Rebels
Armed Groups Commit Rape, Use Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch - http://www.hrw.org/node/106800
Mali: Coup Leaders Must Respect Rights Armed groups in northern
Mali in recent weeks have terrorized civilians by committing
abductions and looting hospitals. The commanders of these groups
need to stop the abuses, ensure discipline over their fighters, and
appropriately punish those in their ranks responsible for these
crimes.
Corinne Dufka, senior Africa researcher (Bamako) – Separatist
Tuareg rebels, Islamist armed groups, and Arab militias who seized
control of northern Mali in April 2012 have committed numerous war
crimes, including rape, use of child soldiers, and pillaging of
hospitals, schools, aid agencies, and government buildings, Human
Rights Watch said today. An Islamist armed group has summarily
executed two men, amputated the hand of at least one other, carried
out public floggings, and threatened women and Christians.
Human Rights Watch also received credible information that Malian
army soldiers have arbitrarily detained and, in some instances,
summarily executed ethnic Tuareg members of the security services
and civilians.
“Armed groups in northern Mali in recent weeks have
terrorized civilians by committing abductions and looting
hospitals,” said Corinne Dufka, senior Africa researcher at
Human Rights Watch. “The commanders of these groups need to
stop the abuses, ensure discipline over their fighters, and
appropriately punish those in their ranks responsible for these
crimes.”
Human Rights Watch conducted a 10-day mission to the Malian
capital, Bamako, in April and documented abuses by several armed
groups that operate in northern Mali. The separatist Tuareg
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) seeks
autonomy for the North, which it calls Azawad. The Tuareg are a
traditionally nomadic Berber people. Ansar Dine is an Islamist
armed group that wants to impose a strict interpretation of Sharia
– Islamic law – throughout Mali. A local ethnic Arab
militia, based in and around the historic city of Timbuktu, was
allied with the Malian government, but on the day Timbuktu fell, it
switched sides and has since fractured into at least two groups
with unclear military and political objectives.
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