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...

All six members of the Collectif d’organisations démocratiques de masse et de partis politiques were released late on 15 April 2000 without charge.

In a continuing pattern of harassment and intimidation, six members of a coaltion of political parties, human rights organizations, trade unions, journalists’ and students’ organizations – campaigning to end impunity for human rights violations in Burkina Faso – have been arrested since 10 April...

Replies have been received from diplomatic representatives of Burkino Faso, informing Urgent Action participants that a Commission of Inquiry has been set up to inquire into the circumstances of the deaths of two school students during a demonstration on 9 May 1995 in Garango, Boulgou province.

On 9 May 1995 in Garango, two school students, Blaise Sidiani, aged 18, and Emile Zigani, aged 14, were shot dead by security forces during a demonstration calling for increases in teachers’ salaries. Their deaths have led to strikes and further demonstrations, and there are fears that further...