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  • Investigate Whereabouts of Two Kachin Civilians Detained by Military

    authorities should investigate and immediately account for the whereabouts and well-being of ethnic-Kachin civilians “The military is terrorizing civilians in Kachin State. killings, torture, forced labor, rape and other acts of sexual violence, arbitrary detention, attacks on civilians /mailchi.mp/fortifyrights/fortify-rights-news-release-myanmar-investigate-whereabouts-of-two-kachin-civilians-detained-by-military02

  • DR Congo: Armed Group Massacres Dozens in Church

    Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) reported   at least 43 deaths However, martial law failed to curb abuses against civilians and enabled the military and police to The authorities should take all necessary steps to protect civilians, including by promptly responding ADF attacks earlier in July killed 82 civilians in Ituri and North Kivu,  according to the UN . The UN reported , though, that the operation “did not curb ADF violence against civilians in North Kivu

  • “We Are Being Massacred”: Overlooked War Crimes in the DRC

    experiencing a week-long assault during which ADF fighters went from village to village, hacking people to death ADF attacks on civilians ADF, which originated in Uganda, has been targeting Congolese civilians since Throngs of other camouflage-clad fighters soon joined, burning homes and killing more civilians in the Civilians must be protected The international community must step up efforts to support the Congolese authorities to assist survivors, protect civilians and investigate and prosecute ADF’s pervasive war

  • Burkina Faso: deadly attack in East by Jihadists

    Burkina Faso, to demand "more security", three days after a deadly attack on a neighboring town whose death Burkina Faso has seen a resurgence of jihadist violence since the beginning of the year, with dozens of deaths - civilians and soldiers - almost every week. Last week, the army announced a "provisional death toll" of 51 in an ambush targeting soldiers on February The violence has left more than 10,000 civilians and soldiers dead since 2015, according to NGOs, and

  • Sudan’s war came to represent the worst of humanity

    The AU has a responsibility to intervene to protect civilians. at all times between civilians and combatants and between civilian objects and military targets”. – the suffering of the Sudanese civilians will not come to an end in the foreseeable future. Today, the global community, and especially the AU, faces a simple choice: Remain passive while the death As such, it is time for the AU to intervene in Sudan’s war in order to protect civilians.

  • Bosniak Ex-Fighters Convicted of Killing Serb Detainees

    total of 30 years in prison for the inhumane treatment, unlawful detention, torture and killing of civilians five years, and Pasaga Cajic, Samir Dzambic and Mirsad Zilic to two years for wartime crimes against civilians They were found guilty of the inhumane treatment, unlawful detention, torture and killing of civilians that Refik Morankic was in a position of authority and gave instructions to his soldiers to detain civilians “The court has determined that he took part in concealing and covering up the death of that civilian,

  • Sudan Genocide Emergency: January 2025

    Civilians continue to bear the brunt of this war: murdered, sexually assaulted, displaced, and left to LeMonde estimated in November 2024 that at least 150,000 civilians have died as a result of the war. With 90% of deaths in Khartoum going unrecorded , experts believe death and casualty statistics to be North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, has been a deathtrap for civilians since the RSF besieged the city The SAF and RSF block humanitarian assistance from reaching civilians .

  • As Myanmar Fighting Swells, a Desperate Flight to the Border

    Intensifying clashes between security forces and insurgents in western Myanmar sent terrified civilians By Eric Nagourney The civilians are Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim minority group that faces repression On Sunday, a statement from the country’s de facto leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, said the death toll But civilians may be at the greatest risk. February said the military crackdown on the Rohingya had led to gang rape, the killing of hundreds of civilians

  • Pakistan claims 70 Taliban killed along Afghan border

    By AFP and AP Afghan officials deny claims, as they accuse Pakistan of targeting civilians and violating Pakistan’s state media reported that the death toll had jumped to 80; however, there was no official South Asian neighbours, negotiated following deadly border clashes that killed dozens of soldiers, civilians Afghanistan denies claims The Afghan Ministry of Defence said in a statement that “various civilian areas government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said “people’s homes have been destroyed, they have targeted civilians

  • The United Nations Fails Sudan, Again

    United Nations Fails Sudan, Again   By Rebecca Tinsley   Founder, Waging Peace In Sudan ten million civilians In practice, Antonio Guterres’s proposals will keep Sudanese civilians alive with humanitarian aid so Twenty years ago, at the height of the targeted ethnic killing in Darfur, I interviewed survivors in Nor is the UN calling for a no-fly zone over Sudan to prevent the continual bombardment of civilians. Guterres ruled out intervention to protect civilians or deliver aid.

  • Malaysia Country Report 2023

    British forces routinely tortured and executed Malay civilians and suspected insurgents during the war They held over 500,000 civilians in squalid camps called “New Villages”. Malay, Chinese and Indian relations mostly remained calm under Prime Minister (PM) Mahathir Mohamad’s twenty-year Despite a history of police abuse and numerous deaths in custody, the government passed the 2021 Independent The state has also criminalized LGBTQ+ relations with a maximum sentence of twenty years in jail and

  • Jihadist attacks kill 32 in Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso (AP) — Multiple jihadi attacks across Burkina Faso over several days have resulted in the death of at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, government authorities said Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page that a dozen soldiers and a civilian Nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed since 2015, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event But analysts says the civilian fighters are accused of targeting other civilians perceived to be working

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