Kiné-Fatim Diop, campaign director for Western Africa at Amnesty International, remarked this year on the contradictions between what should be a celebratory day and what most victims’ families actually feel:
Kine-Fatim Diop, wanda shi ne shugaban kamfen na hukumar kare haƙƙin ɗan'adam ta duniya reshen Yammacin Afirka, ya yi bayani a wannan shekarar game da tufka-da-warwara tsakanin abin da ya kamata ya zama ranar murna da kuma abin da yawancin iyalan waɗanda aka kashe za su ji: