Mali: Rights Expert Calls for 'Immediate Release' of Former Officials Detained During Coup

23 September 2020

An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali's coup leaders to release former government officials, who have been detained for more than a month.

According to a news release by the UN human rights office (OHCHR), at least 13 people, among the 18 arrested by coup leaders on 18 August, are still being held illegally, at the Kati military camp in Bamako, in spite of calls for their release from global and regional leaders, including UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat.

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