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Human Rights Watch
March 29, 2012
6:19PM EDT

One Year On, Duékoué Massacre Belies Ouattara Government’s Promises of Impartial Justice

One year ago today, forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara captured the western town of Duékoué as they swept through Côte d’Ivoire before ultimately arresting former President Laurent Gbagbo. After taking over the town, pro-Ouattara forces committed horrific abuses, killing several hundred people.

A year later, no one has been credibly investigated, much less arrested, for these crimes. And yet their victims are as deserving of justice as those who suffered abuses by Gbagbo’s forces as he clung to power.

Human Rights Watch interviewed eight women who watched the execution of their family members during the Duékoué massacre. A 29-year-old woman described how a 4x4 drove up as her family was fleeing the Carrefour neighborhood, and three men jumped out in military fatigues, armed with Kalashnikov rifles.

The men pulled her husband away, as she was carrying a 6-month-old baby, and chanted, “You are all Guérés, you who voted Gbagbo! You didn’t vote ADO [Alassane Dramane Ouattara], we are going to kill you all.” All three men opened fire on her husband, killing him instantly. The attackers then abducted the woman’s 15-year-old brother, forcing him into a truck where several other youth were already held.

Nigeria wants extradition of separatist arrested in Finland
19 hours ago
Wycliffe Muia
BBC News
Nigerian officials say they will seek the extradition of a controversial leader of a banned secessionist movement in Nigeria following his arrest in Finland on terrorism charges.

Simon Ekpa, a Finnish citizen of Nigerian origin, says he leads a faction in exile of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) - a group that is fighting for a breakaway state in south-eastern Nigeria.

The Nigerian authorities want him to "face justice" in Nigeria, where he is accused of using social media to instigate violence.
(...) He links himself to Ipob and describes himself as the "prime minister of the Biafra Republic Government-in-Exile".

On Thursday [November 21 , 2024 ] , Finnish detectives said he had incited "violence against civilians and public authorities and in other crimes in south-east Nigeria" while in Finland.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyd0gykv8xo

No 10 indicates Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters UK
4 hours ago


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Downing Street has indicated.
A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its "legal obligations".

On Thursday the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, along with Israel's former defence minister Yoav Gallant, over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The court's member countries, including the UK, have signed a treaty that obliges them to act on arrest warrants.
Asked whether Netanyahu would be detained if he entered the UK, the prime minister's official spokesman refused to comment on "hypotheticals".
However, he added: "The government would fulfil its obligations under the act and indeed its legal obligations."

This refers to the International Criminal Court Act 2001, which states that if the court issues a warrant for arrest, a designated minister "shall transmit the request… to an appropriate judicial officer", who, if satisfied the warrant appears to have been issued by the ICC, "shall endorse the warrant for execution in the United Kingdom".

The PM's spokesman confirmed the government stands by the process outlined in the act and would "always comply with its legal obligations as set out by domestic law and indeed international law".
He was unable to confirm which secretary of state would be involved in the process and did not answer questions about whether the government was seeking legal advice from Attorney General Lord Hermer - the UK's top lawyer - in relation to the case.

Generally, arrest warrants and extradition requests from around the world must be sent to a special team in the Home Office for basic checks before they are acted on.
The UK’s legislation on the ICC says that the courts have the final say on whether an arrest and “delivery” of a suspect should go ahead.

Asked whether the PM was still willing to talk to Netanyahu, the PM's spokesman said it was "obviously important that we have a dialogue with Israel on all levels", describing the country as "a key partner across a range of areas".
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr4gvydxeno

Goodmarlian:
If the war between Israel and Hezbollah/hamas fails to end in 30 years time then I foresee Israel disappearing from the world map.
Forget religious sentiments the terrorists networks fighting Israel are not dumb as you all think, they know they can't defeat Israel in combat because she the most advanced military in the middle East, the war they are waging against Israel is a psychological war their aim is to wear Israel out and force the Jews to flee israel, I believe at the moment Israelis do not sleep with their two eyes closed imagine 60,000 Israelis have flee northern Israel out of fear isn't that worrying.
You see the plan? It's all about making Israel the unsafest place to live in the middle East and as a result many israeli citizens will begin to flee Israel to safer climes.
I believe a peace deal will be the best solution because no amount of military technology can kill an ideology,ideologies shaped the world we know today.

Mullah Omar was an Afghan mujahideen commander,
revolutionary, and the cleric who founded the Taliban .

malali:
You have to be very old in Nigeria (Pension-Age).

Ebubu8:
Will come from the Republican Party.

The true national party of Americans.

Democrats is just immigrants party and original Americans won't like to give it to party controlled by immigrants

Floky215:
And you are well known islamist propagandist here....

NothingDoMe:
You spread your propaganda too thin making it even more distasteful. Surely the Jews can't be responsible for ALL the evils in the world including you voting a senile man to run the affairs of your country 🤷‍♂️.

There was a protest scheduled for sometime this year in Nigeria and I heard you lots saying people should go back to their states and protest. How dare you insist on protesting in another man's country after taking such a stand?

Anyways the West is somewhat liberal and allow expression of freedom. You guys shot your self in the foot by chanting hate songs and attacking Jews in the name of protests. You will all be deported eventually. You can continue your protests in your respective countries.

oz4real83:
Nigeria and other African countries fought and defended South Africa, Nigeria even withdrew from competitions just to support them, Nigeria granted some of their leaders, even scholarships, that was how Nelson Mandela lived in Nigeria. Unfortunately, this ungrateful country has been spewing thrash and even killing their fellow blacks. They have elevated the whitemen who were their oppressors far above their fellow Africans. Your hypocrisy won't allow you to see such ingratitude . This is a stupid post that should be thrown in the dustbin

Xxxxtentacion2:
South Africa that is filled xenophobic drug addicts.
Hate filled country.