Mauritanian Association for Human Rights

The Mauritanian Association for Human Rights or Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l'Homme (AMDH) (Arabic: للجمعية الموريتانية لحقوق الإنسان ) is a Mauritanian NGO. The organization started in 1991.  It works for human rights and watches for human rights violations. Fatimata M’baye is the co-founder and president.

 Work 

AMDH worked with three main areas of human rights violations: mass killings of black Mauritanian soldiers, deportation of soldiers and members of the press to the desert, and repatriation (sending back refugees) of large groups of Mauritanians from Senegal.

 References  

Category:Mauritania
Category:Human rights organizations
Category:1991 establishments in Africa