A man in Boni (Douentza)
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2021-073-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2021
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 17.570692
Longitude: -3.996166
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Mali
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
a man in Boni informing MINUSMA of human rights violations committed by the FAMa.
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
informing MINUSMA of human rights violations committed by the FAMa.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 19 April 2021; 21 April 2021;
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Boni, Mali
- Reprisal information
on 19 April 2021, a man in Boni (Douentza) received death threats by telephone from a member of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa), reportedly admonishing him for informing MINUSMA of human rights violations committed by the FAMa. Despite immediate advocacy efforts by MINUSMA with the FAMa hierarchy, the source received a second call on 21 April 2021 from the Malian Gendarmerie in Boni, reiterating the death threat, unless the victim stopped passing information to MINUSMA.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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