Senegal: Authorities must investigate killings and police brutality against protesters

By Amnesty International

Senegalese police officers killed three people, including a 16 year-old boy, and arrested hundreds in a violent crackdown on protesters in Saint-Louis, Dakar and Ziguinchor on 9-10 February as many people demonstrated against the delay of presidential elections, Amnesty International said today. Evidence gathered from relatives of the victims, eyewitnesses and journalists covering the protests […] The post Senegal: Authorities must investigate killings and police brutality against protesters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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