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Soldiers executed women and children – Amnesty

Publish date: 16 July 2018
Issue Number: 782
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Cameroon

Rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday it had ‘credible evidence’ that Cameroonian soldiers carried out the extrajudicial killings of two women and two children, demanding the servicemen be brought to justice. A report on the News24 site notes the watchdog said it had analysed a video purporting to show soldiers in military fatigues shooting dead the civilians – footage that a government spokesperson dismissed as ‘fake news’. ‘The evidence we have provided forms a firm basis for strongly suggesting that the individuals committing these atrocities are members of Cameroon's armed forces,’ said Samira Daoud, deputy director of Amnesty’s West Africa office.

Full Fin24 report

See also a report in The Guardian

Amnesty International report

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