Mali rights commission calls for investigations after killings near Ménaka
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bamada.net
Mali’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) condemned the killings near Ménaka and urged the authorities to investigate, identify those responsible and prosecute them. Its secretary-general, Zoumana Diarra, denounced serious human rights violations and called on threatened residents to move to safe places, Bamada.net reports.
Mali’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is calling for investigations after nearly 60 bodies were found in a mass grave near Ménaka. Its secretary-general, Zoumana Diarra, denounced “serious violations” of human rights and international humanitarian law, according to Studio Tamani.
The CNDH is calling for the alleged perpetrators, those who ordered the killings and their accomplices to be identified and brought to justice. Zoumana Diarra also welcomed steps taken by families to shelter people at risk and urged residents to continue moving to safer places.
The city of Ménaka remains calm but is hosting displaced people, mainly staying with families or relatives. The displacement began on the night of 18 October, after the massacre of around 50 civilians in Tagadayat, according to Studio Tamani.
The discovery of the bodies near Ménaka was announced by the Malian Armed Forces’ Directorate of Information and Public Relations on 23 October. It followed the attack on Tagadayat, reported on 20 October, and the publication on 24 October of a report on 54 bodies found near Ménaka.
