Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage
Reuters Burkina Faso has suspended a number of Western and African media over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications authority said on Sunday. The move follows similar suspensions of BBC Africa and the US-funded Voice of America for reporting on the HRW investigation that […]
UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security on the whole has improved since then, the United Nations said in a report Wednesday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan also highlighted the poor situation of women and girls since […]
Philippines: Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy
JIM GOMEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the legacy of outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug crackdown…
Amnesty says evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine’s capital in February and March. Civilians also suffered abuses such as “reckless shootings and torture” at the hands of Russian forces during their failed onslaught […]
Former Liberian military leader liable for church massacre
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USAP A former Liberian military commander who supervised the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed civilians at a church during that country’s civil war in 1990 is liable under US law for participating in extrajudicial killings and torture, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled. The decision was issued Wednesday against Moses W Thomas and in […]
Philippines’ Duterte will not cooperate with ICC probe into bloody anti-drugs campaign
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an investigation into the country’s bloody war on drugs planned by the International Criminal Court, his spokesperson said on Tuesday while defending the administration’s record on human rights. Rights groups and critics of the drug killings have welcomed the step by the ICC, saying […]
Colombia ex-President asks forgiveness for army’s extrajudicial killings
Bogota, ColombiaReuters In public testimony to Colombia’s truth commission on Friday, former President Juan Manuel Santos asked for forgiveness for extrajudicial killings of thousands of people committed by the country’s armed forces partly during his time as defence minister. Santos, who in 2016 signed the peace deal which created the commission, testified about the so-called […]