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Niger: New Government Should Investigate Massacres - Human Rights Watch
HRW, 5 May 2021
Bazoum Administration Should Make Justice a Priority Read more »
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Niger: Niger's Human Rights Record to Be Examined By Universal Periodic Review
OHCHR, 28 April 2021
Niger is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session taking place from 3 to 14 May*. Niger's first and second UPR reviews took place in… Read more »
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Niger: Congratulations to Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum
State Department, 2 April 2021
The United States congratulates Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum on his inauguration, marking an historic transfer of power from one democratically elected president to the next.… Read more »
Niger's Administration Needs to Prioritise Justice - HRW
In a letter written by Human Rights Watch to Niger Republic's justice and defence ministers, the watchdog said that massacres by alleged armed militants in Niger has killed over 310 people since January 2021. It urged the government to investigate grave abuses and hold all those responsible to account. The organisation further urged the new administration to investigate 18 serious allegations of abuses by militants and government security forces, in the border regions of Tillabéri and Tahoua since October 2019. It added that security forces were allegedly responsible for at least 185 of the 496 deaths reported. President Mohamed Bazoum's new administration is the first democratic transition, since independence.
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Local security sources say that over 100 civilians were killed in gun attacks in Niger's border area with Mali, in the three villages of Intazayene, Bakorat and Wistane on March ... Read more »
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There have been no claims of responsibility for the massacre of at least 58 people which eyewitnesses allege was committed by militants belonging to the Islamic State in the ... Read more »
