An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa.
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Groups Put French State on Legal Notice Over Police Racism
In a first, six nongovernmental organizations are taking legal steps to force an overhaul of the country’s policing.
Amnesty International Closes India Offices, Citing Government Attacks
The organization’s premises have been raided and its bank accounts frozen. The actions, it says, are reprisals for criticizing the country’s human rights record.
Abductions, Censorship and Layoffs: Pakistani Critics Are Under Siege
Recent abductions of a journalist and an activist have underscored Pakistan’s worsening rights conditions as the country’s security forces pressure the news media and human rights groups.
Pentagon Admits to Civilian Casualties in Somalia for a Third Time
Africa Command’s admission of the death comes in the wake of its slow move toward better accountability after years of criticism from human rights groups and lawmakers.
U.S. Military Killed 132 Civilians in Wars Last Year, Pentagon Says
The tally has changed little since the previous year’s report, which put the total at 120 civilians killed. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan again eclipsed those in Syria and Iraq.
In Rare Admission, U.S. Military Says Strikes Killed 2 Civilians in Somalia
The statement was a rare acknowledgment from the military of civilian casualties in its campaign against the Shabab extremist group. The airstrike was in February 2019.
Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians
A report by Amnesty International challenges the American military’s claim that the February strikes hit only terrorists and no innocent bystanders.
As Pandemic Rages, Sri Lanka’s President Pardons a War Criminal
Rights groups accused President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of taking advantage of the global chaos to free a soldier convicted of killing civilians.
José Zalaquett, Leader in Chile’s Search for Truth, Dies at 77
He incurred the wrath of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, was exiled, and became an expert in how to heal traumatized countries.