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Burkina Faso: Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
17 September 2015
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GENEVA (17 September 2015) – “I am extremely concerned at the military coup which has taken place in Burkina Faso. The arrest and detention of the President, the Prime Minister and two Ministers of the transitional government by members of the Presidential Security Regiment is unacceptable. They should be treated with dignity and humanity, and released immediately. I also urge the coup leaders to avoid any use of force, particularly in the context of anti-coup demonstrations, and to respect the rights of the population to demonstrate peacefully.”