Human Rights Watch: Burkina Faso - Armed Islamist Atrocities Surge
January 07, 2020
January 07, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- Targeted Attacks, Executions Kill Over 250 Civilians
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Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have committed targeted attacks and summary executions that have killed over 250 civilians since April 2019, Human Rights Watch said. Witnesses said that assailants sought to justify killings by linking victims to the government, the West, or Christian beliefs. A surge . . .
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- Targeted Attacks, Executions Kill Over 250 Civilians
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Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have committed targeted attacks and summary executions that have killed over 250 civilians since April 2019, Human Rights Watch said. Witnesses said that assailants sought to justify killings by linking victims to the government, the West, or Christian beliefs. A surge . . .