Burkina Faso

Demand Dignity: Case studies on maternal mortality: campaign ...
28 May 2009

More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Many others suffer disabling ...

Document       ACT 35/007/2009

West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty
9 October 2003

This doument summarizes each of the 16 ECOWAS countries' legislation on the death penalty, provides information on the most recent executions and convictions and ...

Report       AFR 05/003/2003

Burkina Faso: Amnesty International calls for an investigation ...
6 February 2002

6 February 2002. AI Index AFR 60/001/2002 - News Service Nr. 24. Burkina Faso: Amnesty International calls for an investigation into ...

Press Release       AFR 60/001/2002

Burkina Faso: The long and dangerous fight for justice: West ...
13 August 2001

Norbert Zongo, a prominent journalist and human rights defender, was killed in December 1998. His death sparked off widespread social unrest and calls for an end ...

Report       AFR 60/003/2001

Burkina Faso: Amnesty International welcomes progress in the ...
9 February 2001

9 February 2001. AI Index AFR 60/001/2001 - News Service Nr. 25. Burkina Faso: Amnesty International Welcomes Progress in the Norbert Zongo Case. ...

Press Release       AFR 60/001/2001

June 2000 Worldwide Appeals
19 April 2000

1. Burkina Faso - Presidential Security Force implicated in murder of journalist; 2. China - Student leader held for wanting to commemorate Tiananmen Square victims ...

Report       NWS 22/003/2000

Burkina Faso: Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment/Prisoners of ...
16 April 2000

In a continuing pattern of harassment and intimidation, six members of a coaltion of political parties, human rights organizations, trade unions, journalists' and ...

Urgent Action       AFR 60/001/2000

Burkina Faso: Follow up to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment ...
16 April 2000

All six members of the Collectif d'organisations démocratiques de masse et de partis politiques were released late on 15 April 2000 without charge.

Urgent Action       AFR 60/002/2000

Burkina Faso: a year after Norbert Zongo's death - still no ...
10 December 1999

News Service 233/99. AI INDEX: AFR 60/04/99. 10 December 1999. Burkina Faso: a year after Norbert Zongo’s death -- still no justice. ...

Press Release       AFR 60/004/1999