Ivory Coast must end wave of arrests, abuse ahead of polls - Amnesty


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015

A member of the opposition National Coalition for Change (CNC) chants slogans during a protest march in Cocody district, Abidjan September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Ivory Coast must put an end to what Amnesty International claims is a wave of arbitrary arrests and abuse targeting opposition supporters in the run-up to a presidential election later this month, the rights campaigner said on Monday.

Ivorians go to the polls on Oct. 25 in the first presidential vote since a post-election civil war killed over 3,000 people in 2011.

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