Namibian communities demand return of land in dispute over German genocide legacy
Windhoek, Namibia Reuters Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land. Germany agreed in May 2021 to fund projects worth €1.1 billion over 30 years to make up for […]
Violent response to Peru protesters may be ‘massacre,’ says rights group
Lima, Peru Reuters Peru’s security forces committed alarming human rights violations during anti-government protests last December, a regional human rights body said on Wednesday, adding that the response to demonstrators could be classified as a massacre. More than 60 people died in clashes with police and soldiers in protests that broke out following the ouster […]
Residents and survivors say 136 killed in Burkina Faso massacre, blaming army
Ouagadougou Reuters Residents and survivors of a massacre in a Burkina Faso village said on Saturday 136 people including women and infants were killed, blaming the country’s security forces for the 20th April attack. A prosecutor last week launched a probe into the massacre which took place in the northern village of Karma and surrounding […]
Congolese government ups toll in massacre to 272 civilians
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Monday said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe last week, raising the death toll from a previous estimate of 50. The government blamed the killings on the M23 rebel group, which has denied responsibility. It also […]
Congolese army says rebels massacred 50 civilians in eastern town
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces on Thursday said M23 rebels and their allies killed 50 civilians in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe this week, which the M23 denied. Congo’s army and the M23, a Tutsi-led militia, have been locked in fighting for months in the country’s […]
El Salvador court frees Army officer behind Jesuit massacre
San Salvador Reuters A Salvadoran court released a retired high-ranking Army officer convicted of ordering the massacre of six Roman Catholic priests belonging to the Jesuit order during the brutal peak of the country’s civil war decades ago, his lawyer said on Monday. The ruling ordered the release of Colonel Guillermo Benavides because of his […]
Updated: Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes after bodies found bound, shot
Updated: 12.15pm (AEST)Bucha, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. In the town of Bucha, 37 kilometres north-west of Kyiv’s city […]
UN investigating dozens of deaths in central Mali
Bamako, MaliReuters The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Friday it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the centre of the country. A video circulating on social media since Thursday shows dozens of badly-burned bodies with their eyes blindfolded and their hands bound together. Some of them appear to have holes […]
Guatemala to search for bodies of Indigenous children believed killed in civil war massacre
Guatemala City, GuatemalaReuters Guatemalan authorities will begin efforts on Tuesday to recover the bodies of dozens of Indigenous children believed to have been buried clandestinely at a former military garrison in the 1980s during the country’s civil war. Excavations at the site will be led by the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation and the Human Rights […]
Essay: The meaning of Tulsa
CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES, John D and Catherine T MacArthur Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at Colby College, writes about why the US must remember and address unresolved injustices like the race massacre which destroyed the Greenwood community in 1921…