Criminal accountability is a crucial step in addressing Ethiopia’s past atrocities, which have deeply injured the nation and impaired its people’s peaceful coexistence. This accountability is promised in the country’s ongoing transitional justice process. The forthcoming transitional justice policy proposes a dual approach to prosecute international crimes, such as crimes against humanity, torture, enforced disappearances, … Read more
Aman later learned his 16-year-old brother had also been shot, after he saw the youth lying in a pool of blood. “When I saw him, I lost my mind completely,” Aman recalled of both deaths in his family. Haldwani authorities had issued shoot-on-sight orders, imposed a curfew, and suspended internet services as the violence boiled. … Read more
The police in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, say they have begun investigation into the alleged torture and violent killing of animals by a native doctor in the state. The native doctor, identified simply as Nnabuikem, popularly known as ‘High Chief Enenie Nwa ite,’ hails from Ovoko, a community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government of the … Read more
Anger spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody, officials and residents said on Saturday. This comes two days after a militant ambush killed four soldiers. Locals said the Indian army detained at least eight civilians on Friday for questioning, a day after rebels fighting against … Read more
