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Human Rights Watch Demands Inquiry into Mali's Mass Killings

5/21/2025

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Human Rights Watch is calling on Mali's government to thoroughly investigate the chilling extrajudicial killings of 22 Fulani men in Diafarabé on May 12, 2025. Eyewitnesses revealed that soldiers detained the men during a military operation, only for their bodies to be discovered in mass graves. The ongoing violence raises serious doubts about the military's ability to conduct an impartial inquiry.

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Human Rights Watch is calling on Mali's government to thoroughly investigate the chilling extrajudicial killings of 22 Fulani men in Diafarabé on May 12, 2025. Eyewitnesses revealed that soldiers detained the men during a military operation, only for their bodies to be discovered in mass graves. The ongoing violence raises serious doubts about the military's ability to conduct an impartial inquiry.