It is essential that the authorities take all feasible steps to protect civilians, prevent further violations In 2023, at least 1,351 civilians were killed in Ethiopia in attacks reportedly carried out by Government Of the civilians killed, 740 were in Amhara. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles by Government forces resulted in 248 civilian deaths between 4 August Fano insurgents and their allies killed at least 52 civilians and destroyed civilian property, attacked

Minimize the number of deaths.  Question the motivations of the truth tellers.  Claim the deaths were inadvertent.  Emphasize the strangeness of the victims.  Rationalize the deaths as the result of tribal conflict.  They have deliberately and indiscriminately  attacked civilians and civilian and humanitarian infrastructure in 2021 which removed civilians from government.

Civilians continue to be massacred on a scale so large it is genocidal. 86% of those killed or injured Sudan is plagued by political instability, food insecurity, grave human rights abuses, ethnic violence, deaths from endemic diseases, and the displacement of over two million civilians. Since 2013, ethnic massacres of civilians have become normal. This ethnic targeting of civilians constitutes Genocide.

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with violating the official secrets The ousted civilian leader, whose party won a landslide in the November 2020 elections, has not been deteriorating situation and strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protestors and the deaths Attempts to refer to the hundreds of civilian deaths as "'killing," became simply "civilian deaths," Russia wanted to include language condemning the death of Myanmar security officials, which stopped approval

Hundreds of civilians in Cabo Delgado province are victims of indiscriminate killing by rebels, gov’t government forces and a “private militia” backing the authorities have indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians fighters in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province has killed at least 2,600 people since 2017, about half of them civilians “All three have committed war crimes, causing the deaths of hundreds of civilians.” “Fighters routinely kill civilians, loot their homes, and then burn them down using petrol,” Amnesty

investigate allegations of human rights violations by Myanmar Army soldiers against ethnic Rakhine civilians publishing research alleging Myanmar Army soldiers committed human rights violations against Rakhine civilians forced labor and committed international crimes against civilians in Rakhine State. More than 1,100 civilians, mostly Rakhine Buddhists in Buthidaung, Rathedaung, and Kyauktaw townships of death during fighting with the Arakan Army in Rakhine State.

has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that reportedly killed at least 13 civilians “It is yet another addition to the staggering human toll this war continues to inflict on civilians, “I am horrified that yet again civilians – among them children – were killed in last night’s massive Homes and civilian infrastructure were hit. Civilians must never be a target.”

By AI Jazeera Staff and AFP October 17, 2026 Rapid Support Forces accuse army of killing 30 civilians attacks on the southwestern city of Nyala, but the paramilitary group says the military has killed civilians However, the RSF said the army carried out a drone attack on a busy livestock market, killing 30 civilians

Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a convoy in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday, killing at least 30 civilians The militants have demonstrated their ability to attack civilians even under military escort, said Rida Gorgadji and Arbinda are shocked and concerned about the escalation of terrorist (attacks) against civilians “I am very sad to see that in a week there are so many deaths (and) military equipment destroyed,” said

Most deaths occurred during military raids against suspected Palestinian militants. deaths in Gaza and 1400 civilian deaths in Israel in just the first week of the war. Israel's massive bombing of Gaza has indiscriminately killed civilians. Both Israel and Hamas are obligated by international law to protect civilians. Hamas and Israel must halt all attacks that kill or injure civilians.

Islamic State affiliate expands control since 2023 coup, killing hundreds of civilians and enslaving Jihadist violence has doubled in the 18 months since the coup, with about 1,500 deaths reported . However, jihadist violence has escalated in the 18 months since the coup, with about 1,599 deaths reported – more than double the 770 recorded under democratic rule , according to the civilian violence monitor an affiliate of the group formerly known as Isis, has claimed responsibility for recent attacks on civilians

The Myanmar military and AA have engaged in armed conflict since 2015, displacing more than 30,000 civilians Fortify Rights previously documented how civilians, including children, were killed and injured during the conflict, and how the Myanmar Army forced Rakhine civilians to dig graves and carry supplies under the threat of death. Myanmar authorities made “extensive and systematic preparations” for attacks against Rohingya Muslim civilians