Blog #9 Mali two men tortured and died in Bamako

My subject this week is on Mali torture victims that died recently in Africa.  Two men detained and tortured by Mali soldiers in the city of Lere in the Timbuktu region died at Central Prison in Bamako. Human Rights Watch has previously interviewed and documented the tortures of seven men including the two that died on March 26^th of this year. They were transferred to Bamako to receive some medical attention. The government has not taken any action to look into these cases. People who knew the men that died said they died in the night April 6^th and 7^th. Then the others in the group got moved to a room with better ventilation.

Before that change happened the seven men were in a small room with little ventilation. That is awful as the Mali months of March to May in Bamako tend to be the warmest of the year and temperatures almost daily is 100 degrees F^o. The army there arrested the seven men due to suspicion of their support of armed Islamic groups. They were severely beaten and bruised.  This is outrageous. A person deserves a fair arrest and trial not a beating or poorly ventilated rooms. The person is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. In Mali, it’s the opposite and it is very sad and heart wrenching. The Mali government must step up to solve this issue because it could have been very well prevented if the Mali government did their job like they are supposed to be doing. Sadly not every country has the same rules that govern the US..

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/mali-two-torture-victims-die-detention