According to theUnited States Department of State's annual report onhuman rights in Mali for 2003,Mali's government generally respects thehuman rights of its citizens and observes relevantconstitutional provisions (for example,freedom of speech and of thepress,freedom of assembly and association,freedom of religion) and prohibitions (for example, arbitraryarrest anddetention, forcedexile,torture, anddiscrimination based on race, sex, disability, language, or social status).[1]
Societal discrimination based onsexual orientation occurred.[2] Additionally, Mali was one of two countries behind removing specific protection for gays from a UN resolution onexecutions in 2010.
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