Armed intervention in Mali risks worsening the crisis

Headline Title: Armed intervention in Mali risks worsening the crisis 21 December 2012 The UN Security Council’s approval of armed intervention into Mali risks worsening the human rights and humanitarian crisis in the north, Amnesty International said today. The Council voted unanimously on Thursday to approve an African-led force with “use all necessary measures” at its disposal to take back the country’s north from “terrorist, extremist and armed groups”.“An international armed intervention is likely to increase the scale of human rights violations we are already seeing in…

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