Côte d’Ivoire: Injured protesters denied medical care

Friday 17 December 2010 Eyewitnesses say people injured during yesterday’s mass protests in Abidjan were denied medical care amid threats from security forces. Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that protestors seriously injured during yesterday’s mass protests in the Côte d’Ivoire city of Abidjan were denied medical treatment amid threats from security forces.Media reports said that up to 30 people were killed on 16 December as Ivorian security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors who had taken to the streets in an attempt to break the political deadlock that has followed…

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