Mali’s interim military government has rejected a United Nations (U.N.) human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign fighters during an operation last year.
It says in a round-up of civilians in the following days, hundreds more were shot and thrown in ditches.
“No civilian from Moura lost their life during the military operation. Among the dead, there were only terrorist fighters and all those arrested were handed over to the gendarmerie,” he says, while stressing the authorities’ commitment to the protection of human rights.
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