Just What Were They Thinking When They Shot at People? Crackdown on Anti-Government Protests in Burkina Faso

Author:
Amnesty International
Publisher:
Amnesty International
Publication Date:
15 January 2015
Tags:
Burkina Faso, Governance, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs

This report presents the findings of Amnesty International's research into the deaths and injuries that occurred during the protests in Burkina Faso between 30 October and 2 November 2014. The protests were part of a popular uprising in opposition to former president Blaise Compaoré's attempts, not for the first time, to amend the constitution, allowing him to extend his Presidential tenure.

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