France: Police ill-treatment in France: Abou Bakari Tandia

France: Police ill-treatment in France: Abou Bakari Tandia

Index Number: EUR 21/013/2009
Date Published: 1 September 2009
Categories: France

Abou Bakari Tandia, an irregular migrant from Mali, lived in France for 13 years. He died after falling into a coma in police custody in December 2004. Almost five years later his cause of death has still not been established. In this document Amnesty International calls for a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into his death; for the suspension of officers implicated in his death and for disciplinary action to be taken against any judge or prosecutor who fails to conduct an adequate investigation within a reasonable time.