Civilian populations are being terrorized and subjected to arrest, torture, extrajudicial execution and “disappearance” in the armed conflict between the Senegalese government and the Democratic Forces of Casamance Movement which is pursuing the independence of the Casamance region. The document contains testimonies, gathered by AI, of the human rights violations suffered, mainly at the hands of the army ad the gendarmerie which have acted for years with impunity.
Senegal: Climate of terror in Casamance
Topics
- Africa
- Armed Conflict
- Armed Groups
- Children
- Detention
- Disappearances
- Discrimination
- Human Rights Defenders and Activists
- Impunity
- International Organizations
- Justice Systems
- Killings and Disappearances
- Prisoners of Conscience
- Racial Discrimination
- Report
- Research
- Senegal
- Torture and other ill-treatment
- Unfair Trials
- Unlawful Detention
- Unlawful Killings
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights