Mali: Human Rights Watch denounces the “atrocities” of the army and Wagner against civilians. Since December, the Malian Armed Forces (Fama) and the Russian paramilitary group " illegally killed and summarily executed several dozen civilians during counterterrorism operations” In total, seven cases of abuses have been documented.
The association specifies that it contacted theMalian ministries of Defense and Justice on all these cases, without obtaining a response.“Deliberate cruelty” should be investigated as war crimes, HRW concludes.