Amnesty says Mali Continues to Jail Former Child Soldiers

Human rights activists say Mali's government continues to jail children accused of having been members of the armed rebel and extremist groups, and that the government is committing human rights abuses in the north.     Amnesty International says some ex-combatants being held in adult prisons in Bamako are as young as 16.   Amnesty says its researchers visited some of the children and found they do not have access to lawyers or family visits.  One boy has not been...

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