Inal is a village and rural commune in Mauritania, situated on the Mauritania Railway line from Nouadhibou to Zouerate.
Inal
إنال | |
|---|---|
Commune and village | |
 | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cheikh Ely Baba |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
On the night of November 27, 1990, 28 black soldiers arrested in the previous weeks were allegedly tortured, hung and buried in a "mass grave" at Inal, in a celebratory act of the nation's Independence Day.[1] Similar acts of ethnic cleansing were sanctioned by the Mauritanian government, as part of a larger campaign of terror and human rights abuses against black Mauritanians, from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.[2][3][4]
Many survivors of such violence who live in the area and other affected communities still demand justice.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Bah, Abdoulaye (2018-12-04). "Ces 28 militaires mauritaniens pendus le 28 novembre 1990". Global Voices (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ^ Amnesty International Report 1990, London, Amnesty International Publications, 1990
- ^ Duteil, Mireille (1989). "Chronique mauritanienne". Annuaire de l'Afrique du Nord (in French). Vol. XXVIII (du CNRS ed.).
- ^ Press release, Amnesty International, 5 April 1991,
3,000 were arrested
- ^ Ahmed, Gedo (2012-12-05). "Mauritania: Commemorating Inal's Massacre against Black Soldiers". Global Voices. Global Voices. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ^ Sidya, Cheikh (2016-11-28). "Mauritanie-indépendance: entre célébration de la fête nationale et souvenirs douloureux". Le360 Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-15.
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