Rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly continued to be routinely curtailed. Opposition leaders were arbitrarily detained. Detention conditions violated international human rights standards for the treatment of prisoners. Victims of forced eviction linked to tourism development projects continued to be denied adequate compensation. Armed groups killed people at the borders with Niger and Burkina Faso.
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