52 “They looked at his identity card and shot him dead” Six months of post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire killings committed in October 2010 in Touba49, as well as in other areas in the west of the country. The delegation noted that President Ouattara had integrated the FAFN into the new FRCI on 8 March 2011 and it was therefore his duty to send a clear signal to all forces under his control indicating that any person responsible for human rights violations or abuses would be immediately relieved of their duties and brought to justice. President Ouattara and his Minister of Justice replied that the fight against impunity was at the heart of their concerns and that they were going to open an investigation into all allegations of human rights violations and abuses committed since the beginning of the postelectoral crisis. On their return from the west of the country, the Amnesty International delegation met the director of the Minister of Justice's cabinet on 19 April 2011, and informed him of the massive and systematic human rights violations and abuses committed by the FRCI and troops fighting alongside them in the Duékoué region against a specific ethnic group, the Guéré, presumed to be Laurent Gbagbo supporters. The director of cabinet replied that an investigation to establish the facts had already been opened. To date, Amnesty International received no information on the findings of this investigation. The Amnesty International delegation also raised concerns about the circumstances of the death of Désiré Tagro, Laurent Gbgabo’s former minister of Interior, wounded at the time of his arrest at the presidential residence on 11 April 2011 and who died a few hours later as a result of his wounds. The director of cabinet told Amnesty International that an inquiry has been opened into this death. To date, Amnesty International received no information on the findings of this investigation. The delegation also pressed for authorization to meet Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and those close to him who had been arrested at the president's residence. The director of cabinet replied that these people had not been detained in accordance with a judicial process but had simply been "retained" under the article 7 of the Law No 63-4 adopted on 17 January 1963 that provides for house arrest of “Anyone whose action is prejudicial to the economic or social promotion of the nation can be assigned to house arrest by decree”.50The delegation was told that they could not meet Laurent Gbagbo and his close supporters on “grounds of security”. 6.3. MEETING WITH UNOCI OFFICIALS The Amnesty International delegation also met six high level UNOCI officials including the Deputy of the Secretary-General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Côte d'Ivoire, the Chief of Staff of the SRSG and the Deputy Director of the UNOCI military forces at their Headquarters in Abidjan on 19 April 2011. The delegates raised several concerns including: Amnesty International May 2011 Index: AFR 31/002/2011

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