On 1 December, Daouda Diallo, secretary general of the Coalition Against Impunity and Community Stigmatization, was abducted by security forces in civilian clothes while he was renewing his passport at the passport office in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. He was taken to an unknown location. Three days later, a picture showing him in military clothes and armed circulated on social media. In early November, Daouda Diallo, along with several other civil society and media figures, including activists, journalists, and unionists, was conscripted by the government. An April 2023 decree on general mobilisation to fight armed groups is used by national authorities to sanction and silence civil society members and human rights defenders who publicly criticize the government. The authorities should stop enforced disappearances, immediately release Daouda Diallo if he is still detained, end using targeted conscription to repress critics and allow anyone to contest conscription orders before independent judicial authorities.
