Burkina Faso’s Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A screenshot of the list of individuals “actively wanted for criminal association in relation to a terrorist enterprise” published by Burkinabe security minister on April, 1, 2025. The list includes prominent critics of the junta, April 1, 2025. © 2025 MATDS Burkina Faso/Facebook “I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X yesterday, after learning that his name appears on a list of wanted terrorists. On April 1, Burkina Faso’s security minister published a list of individuals…

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