The Tuareg—a nomadic pastoralist group of Amazigh origin—have been enmeshed in a complicated struggle since the 1950’s and have been the victims of persistent assaults on their ethnic, cultural, religious identity and economic and political status by successive sub-Saharan states.
Imuhagh Organization for the Sake of Justice & Equality has released a sprawling report detailing all those struggles as well as provide information on those Tuareg communities who suffer in silence, because they do not or no longer have the breath to claim equal rights and justice.
The nearly 27-page report documents detailing the most important problems facing the Tuareg in their home countries, starting with the mass killing conducted by some dictatorships state such as Niger and Mali Burkina Faso, with full tracking and monitoring of these shocking violations.
The report follows the mass killings of the Tilaberi residents in west of the capital Niamey,
and the seasonal malaria wave that has engulfed the sub-Saharan desert region in the absence of the presence of national states and international organizations, the worsening health situation and the death of large numbers of patients who are dying due to the lack of medical attention.
The report also, did not lose sight of all types of judicial corruption in many of the sub-Saharan countries including the mass detention and all unjust trails, including the fact that many detainees including children who spent many years in prison without the chance of appearing before a judge and the missing of other ones.
The report also addressed the crisis of deprivation of citizenship in the Tuareg of Libya without a permanent solution despite its effect. The report follows the violence and torture of Azawad refugees in Burkina Faso by Burkina Faso soldiers to force them to return on charges of harboring or hiding terrorist elements in the camp.
The report is supported by the testimonies of some of the victims’ families with their consent. And includes some of the organization’s most important activities over the past three years, including the translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Tifinagh language as part of the promotion of the Amazigh culture and rights.
The report also covered some of the seminars organized by the organization in Paris and in the Azawad region to educate people about their rights and defend them. The report concluded by a list of recommendations to states and traditional Tuareg leaders on progress in protecting human rights in sub-Saharan states.
Imuhagh Organization for the Sake of Justice & Equality is an international NGO dedicated to the peaceful pursuit of human rights and fundamental freedoms for the Imunagh people of the Sahara known as the Tuareg.
