Armed groups committed human rights abuses, including killings and abductions, in the context of the armed conflict. Security forces also perpetrated extrajudicial executions and torture. Impunity remained pervasive. The right to education was hindered. Freedoms of expression and assembly were...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Burkina Faso on 6 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Burkina Faso in its previous UPR. It analyses the current human rights situation and raises concerns about abuses...

The human rights situation in ECOWAS countries varies from one country to another. However, despite these disparities, cross-cutting issues can help understand the pressing needs for human rights protection in the region.

Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger’s borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The 57-page report, ‘I Have Nothing Left Except Myself’: The Worsening Impact...

Amnesty International condemns in the strongest possible terms the massacre carried out by unidentified armed men in the village of Solhan (Sebba commune, Yagha province) on the night of 4-5 June 2021, resulting in the deaths of at least 130 people. This was the deadliest attack on civilians since...

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

Amnesty International has documented serious human rights violations committed by the security forces of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in their respective territories during military operations between February 2020 and April 2020. The violations included at least 57 cases of extrajudicial...

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution. The death penalty is a violation of the...

Amnesty International welcomes Burkina Faso’s acceptance of a large number of recommendations, including to investigate allegations of human rights violations by all parties, both government officials and self-defence groups, to hold the perpetrators for such crimes to account, and to end impunity.

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Burkina Faso in May 2018. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations accepted by Burkina Faso in its previous UPR, assesses the national human rights framework and the situation of human rights...

This toolkit is designed to assist activists working on the abolition of the death penalty in West Africa. Drawing on many years of Amnesty International’s work to promote all human rights and to oppose violations of those rights, it is intended to provide arguments, suggestions and practical tips...

Amnesty International is submitting this briefing in advance of the examination of Burkina Faso’s initial report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s 117th session in June 2016.

Inside the latest issue of WIRE you’ll find a feature celebrating the girls of Burkina Faso who have overcome rape, violence, and early or forced marriage alongside the women who have defended and empowered them. There’s also plenty of good news from our last few months of campaigning, such as the...