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  • They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces

    Borno State last year alone, carried out by guards, camp officials, security officers and members of civilian cleared parts of the countryside to hunt for Boko Haram’s hide-outs, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians Many other civilians have made it to the camps on their own after fleeing Boko Haram’s deadly assaults The arrests, made last December, include two police officers, a prison warden, two civilian militia members Inside the camps, soldiers and members of civilian vigilante groups have been accused of forcing people

  • Holocaust & Genocide Scholars condemn Oct 7 Hamas Massacre

    OF GENOCIDE STUDIES AND PREVENTION: Declaring the Atrocities Committed by Hamas Against Israeli Civilians They committed genocidal massacres of more than 1,400 Israeli civilians, ambushing them on the streets The attackers set civilians' houses on fire, burning the inhabitants alive. or serious bodily or mental injury, perpetrated in a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian Genocide Studies and prevention, Declare that the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians

  • UN Warns of ‘Psychological Terror’ in Ukraine Invasion

    According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA , 2024 saw a 30 per cent increase in civilian casualties Rising toll The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) has confirmed the killing of more than 12,654 civilian “As the civilian toll grows heavier, the human rights of all those affected must remain at the forefront

  • Myanmar and Arakan Armies target Rohingya

    August 12, 2024 Killings of Civilians, Mass Arson, Unlawful Recruitment in Rakhine State A family who “Both sides are using hate speech, attacks on civilians, and massive arson to drive people from their The laws of war prohibit deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and on civilian objects, “The military junta and Arakan Army need to take immediate steps to protect civilians and civilian property of access to medical care has caused growing  malnutrition ,  waterborne illness , and  preventable deaths

  • Children as young as 11 beheaded by Mozambique militants, aid group says

    the more than 2,600 people who have died in the conflict since it began in 2017, roughly half were civilians African contractor had broken international law by “firing indiscriminately into crowds, attacking civilian infrastructure, and failing to distinguish between military and civilian targets,” said Deprose Muchena

  • UN rights office gets mandate to document Sri Lanka war crimes

    It also highlighted “accelerating militarisation of civilian government functions”, “the erosion of the security forces and the separatist Tamil Tigers killed about 100,000 people, including up to 40,000 Tamil civilians

  • Togo: Testimonies provide glimpse into violent repression of protests

    They were all in civilian clothes. They pointed their guns at us and then they beat us. All light must be shed on these deaths and the whereabouts of those who have disappeared. In a statement shared on 29 June, Togolese civil society organizations reported the deaths of seven people “All light must be shed on these deaths and the whereabouts of those who have disappeared. Former president Faure Gnassingbé, who has been in power since the death of his father in 2005, assumed

  • Ethiopia’s Tigray at ‘serious risk’ of famine, warns UN official

    , however, have continued, prompting fears of a protracted conflict with devastating effects on the civilian that area face emergency food insecurity,” he continued, adding that “destruction and violence against civilians Civilians are being killed and injured,” he said. Public and private infrastructure and objects indispensable to the survival of civilians have been destroyed

  • Zelensky Accuses Russia of War Crimes in Ukraine’s Kherson

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian soldiers of committing war crimes and killing civilians Bodies of dead civilians and servicemen have been found,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address Russia denies its troops intentionally target civilians. in several places across Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, including the bodies of civilians

  • Sudan facing humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles

    Upper Nile State, South Sudan [File: Jok Solomun/Reuters] As Sudan’s civil war enters its sixth month, civilians No alternative The restriction of aid into areas under the RSF is pushing civilians to rely on the group Since the start of the war, the RSF has indiscriminately killed civilians and looted homes, banks and Most civilians from Khartoum detest the group for their actions.

  • Shortly Before Ceasefire, Experts Issue A Genocide Warning For The Situation In Nagorno-Karabakh

    “Serious concerns nevertheless remain, with reports emerging of brutality inflicted on military and civilian the Telegraph reported that it saw evidence that Azerbaijan has been dropping cluster munitions in civilian laser-guided drones from Turkey, Russia, and Israel to attack Artsakh’s defenders, who are mostly Artsakh civilian

  • ISIS Linked Terrorists Threaten Religious Freedom in DRC

    groups have increasingly targeted religious communities, exploited gaps in governance, and limited civilian

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