# Magistrates handling cases involving junta supporters were conscripted

Date: 2024

Human Rights Watch reported that at least seven prosecutors and judges were notified for military deployment after several had opened proceedings against junta supporters.

## Drivers

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

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/21/burkina-faso-conscription-used-punish-prosecutors-judges
- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/burkina-faso

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/burkina-magistrates-conscripted-2024