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| Subject: Statist signature: Satellite images of Burundi show mass graves, rights group says Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:08 am | |
| Satellite imagery of the outskirts of Burundi's capital supports emerging accounts of graves holding at least 50 people who died during political violence last month, Amnesty International said on Friday.
The human rights organisation's report added to the growing evidence of organised atrocities in the country. Observers say they believe the violence was largely carried out by the Burundian government and by pro-government forces, amid immense turmoil since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced in April last year his intention to seek a third term in office.
Separately on Friday, France protested the detention of two journalists working for the newspaper Le Monde – a French correspondent, Jean-Philippe Remy, and a British photographer, Philip Moore – on Thursday in the capital, Bujumbura. The newspaper reported later on Friday that the two men had been released, but had not got back their seized cellphones, notebooks, cameras or audio recorders.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/satellite-images-of-burundi-show-mass-graves-rights-group-says-20160129-gmhjt1.html |
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