By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A supporter wears the Senegalese national flag in Dakar on February 2, 2022 after Senegal's win against Burkina Faso during the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 semi-final football match. © 2022 CARMEN ABD ALI/AFP via Getty Images On November 2, a funeral was held for Cheikh Touré, a promising young Senegalese goalkeeper, after his body was finally returned to his family from Ghana. According to media reports, Touré had traveled to Ghana to meet people he believed to be football scouts. They allegedly kidnapped him, extorted money from his mother, and killed him.…
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