Mali: 22 Men Found Dead After Arrest by Soldiers

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The badge of a member of the Malian army (FAMA), in Anderamboukane, in Menaka region, Mali, March 22, 2019. © 2019 AGNES COUDURIER/AFP via Getty Images (May 20, 2025) – Mali’s government should credibly and independently investigate the apparent extrajudicial executions of at least 22 men taken in military custody on May 12, 2025, in the town of Diafarabé, central Mali, Human Rights Watch said today. Residents who saw the bodies three days later said the victims were in two shallow mass graves with their throats slit. On May 16, the chief of staff of the…

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