The advocacy group Human Rights Watch says military personnel in Mali carried out "apparent summary executions" of at least 22 people in the conflict-hit central region of the country.
The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, drawing sharp condemnation from the UN's top human rights official on Friday.
Mali's media regulatory body says it is banning a French television channel in the country due to "defamatory remarks" it made about a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital earlier this month.
A government official says the president of Mali's transitional government has signed a decree dissolving political parties amid a backdrop of pro-democracy opposition.