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Civil Groups Sue Mali Over Wagner Abuses
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Civil Groups Sue Mali Over Wagner Abuses
Three civil society groups filed a lawsuit before the African Union's human rights court on Monday, alleging that Mali's military and the Russian private military company Wagner committed "serious human rights violations" against civilians.
Three civil society organisations have initiated proceedings before the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, in an approach that underlines the growing importance of African regional mechanisms in responding to human rights violations involving transnational armed actors. This petition is the first known legal action brought against a State for allowing the presence and for engaging private military and security actors in the (...) Mali /…
Rights groups file case over Mali abuses linked to Wagner
Three civil society organisations filed a case on Monday before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights over alleged abuses in Mali involving its military and Russian mercenaries. The groups described the filing as the first known case accusing a state of hiring and hosting private military and security actors. The case targets alleged actions linked to the Wagner Group, once widely deployed across African conflict zones alongside nationa…
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