# Human Rights Watch urged stronger African regional scrutiny of Burkina Faso

Date: 2024

Human Rights Watch said Burkina Faso had made limited progress investigating serious abuses while the post-2022 authorities had systematically restricted activists, journalists, opposition members and other critics.

## Drivers

- Traoré junta and AES: https://factrail.ai/drivers/traore-junta-aes

## Sources

- https://achpr.au.int/pt/node/3596
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/22/african-rights-commission-press-burkina-faso-rights

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/african-rights-pressure-burkina-2024