Political activists, civil society representatives, journalists and others who expressed dissent were arbitrarily arrested. The government imposed a ban on public protests. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured during protests and clashes in the context of contested presidential...

Alain Lobognon, a member of parliament of Cote d’Ivoire and founder member of the political party Generations and People in Solidarity (GPS), is being detained in Agboville Prison, in south-eastern Cote d’Ivoire. He was arrested in the capital Abidjan on 24 December 2019, and charged with...

Ivoirian online activist, Soro Tangboho alias Carton Noir was sentenced to one year in prison for ‘disturbing the public order’ and ‘incitement to xenophobia’ on 7 June 2019. He was convicted without a lawyer present. He was arbitrarily arrested on 8 November 2018 in Korhogo town. While detained,...

Soro Tangboho alias Carton noir, an outspoken online activist, was arbitrarily arrested on 8 November 2018 in the town of Korhogo (the north of the country). He was detained and subjected to torture and other ill-treatment for while live streaming a video on Facebook showing police officers who...

Basile Mahan Gahé, a trade unionist from Côte d’Ivoire who was charged with state security offences and imprisoned, is being held in harsh conditions, according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Amnesty International believes Basile Mahan Gahé is a possible prisoner of...

Amnesty International is very concerned about the safety of Basile Mahan Gahé, a trade unionist who has been detained without charge at a police station in Abidjan’s Williamsville neighbourhood, Côte d’Ivoire, since 26 April. Amnesty International believes he may be a prisoner of conscience, solely...

Brian Hamish Sands died on 5 April, in the custody of the armed opposition group Forces Nouvelles (FN), New Forces, who control the northern part of Côte d’Ivoire. They had arrested him on 11 March as a suspected mercenary. The 35 alleged militiamen who were also arrested in March were transferred...

The former armed opposition group Forces Nouvelles (FN), New Forces, who control the northern part of Côte d’Ivoire, arrested New Zealand national Brian Hamish Sans on 11 March in their stronghold, the city of Bouaké, in the centre of the country. In a separate incident, the FN have also arrested...

Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of refugees Alphonso Faroy, Higgins Bernard Jr, Mensah Ainankra and Hortense Lotika, plus some 30 others who have been attacked by members of the security forces. The refugees are homeless and vulnerable to attack following the closure of...

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of the two human rights defenders named above. Both are members of Mouvement Ivorien pour les Droits de l’Homme (MIDH), the Ivorian Movement for Human Rights and have been subjected to acts of intimidation and death threats. It is feared that the...

At least 28 soldiers, Chief Sergeant Souleymane DIOMANDE, known as “la Grenade”; Corporal Vada BAMBA; Corporal Ménassa BAMBA; Corporal Finaly BAKOYOKO; Captain Issa SACKO; Sergeant Seydou KONE; Corporal Aboudrahamane ISSA; Corporal Siaka OUATTARA, and at least 20 others, have been arrested and...

Picas Damane, Charles Ble Goude, Souleymane Kamarate, Sylvanus Gore: On 24 December 1996 the four leaders of the Federation estudiantine et scolaire de Cote d’Ivoire (FESCI, Ivorian Federation of Student and School Pupils) named above, were transferred to the main prison in Abidjan, la Maison...

Picas Damane, Charles Ble Goude, Souleymane Kamarate, Sylvanus Gore: Picas Damane, deputy secretary general of the Federation estudiantine et scolaire de Cote d’Ivoire (FESCI, Ivorian Federation of Student and School Pupils), and three other FESCI leaders have been held incommunicado since 19...