An influential Malian woman was sentenced on Wednesday to a year s imprisonment after speaking out against the ruling military and its "failure" to deal with insecurity and inflation, according to her lawyer.
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Around 300 civilians were killed in a central rural town in late March, according to Human Rights Watch. Witnesses say Malian soldiers and foreign fighters attacked Islamist militants before also executing civilians.