Mali: Girls’ Basketball Coach Indicted for Sexual Assault

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in Beijing, China. © 2018 Visual China Group via Getty Images (New York) – The Malian authorities’ arrest and indictment of a coach accused of sexual harassment and assault of teenage female basketball players is an important step for protecting children and women athletes from abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. Following reporting in June 2021 on sexual abuse in Mali’s Under-18 women’s national…

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