India, Nov. 4 -- Amnesty International said Malian authorities must urgently disclose the fate and whereabouts of lawyer and pro-democracy politician Mountaga Tall and his son Cheick Mamadou Tall, six months after their abductions, and called for an independent, impartial and transparent investigation.

Abductions and missing persons

Amnesty International said Mountaga Tall, leader of the National Congress for the Democratic Initiative (Congrès national pour l’initiative démocratique), was abducted from his home in Bamako on the night of 3 May 2026 by armed and hooded men driving vehicles without registration plates.

The organization said Cheick Mamadou Tall, Mountaga Tall’s eldest son, went missing on 16 May after allegedly receiving a t...