MODY SAMBA TOURÉ
HRD, GENERAL SECRETARY
Regional Union of Workers Kidal (URTKi)
RADIO MESSAGE
Mody Samba Touré is the Secretary General of the Regional Union of
Workers Kidal (URTKi), a member of the executive of the UNTM (National
Union of workers of Mali), vice-president of the Réseau des Défenseurs
des Droits de l'Homme (RDDH), and director of the National Coordination
of Victims’ Associations in Mali – La coordination National des
Associations des Victimes (CNAV. His work focuses on workers’ rights,
documentation of human rights abuses and support for victims of the 2012
crisis. In 2014, he survived an assassination attempt. Since then, he
has been forced to leave his home in Kidal (Northern Mali) and he has
moved to Bamako. Together with the RDDH, he has been involved in
advocating for the law on protection of HRDs and the Law for the
Protection of Victims.
