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“We documented abuses by both the Malian army and foreign fighters.

Ilaaria Allegrozzi, a senior researcher at HRW, told Al Jazeera many Malians have become victims, caught up in the government’s fight against armed groups. “Malian armed forces and foreign fighters apparently from the Russia-linked Wagner Group have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared several dozen civilians in Mali’s central region,” HRW said. The international rights group also denounced cases of torture of detainees and the destruction and looting of civilian property. HRW said on Monday that the abuses had been committed since late 2022, “during military operations in response to the presence of Islamist armed groups” in several towns in central Mali. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Malian armed forces and “foreign” fighters believed to be from the Russian mercenary Wagner Group of “executing” dozens of civilians during operations.