OHCHR / BURKINA FASO KILLINGS
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STORY: OHCHR / BURKINA FASO KILLINGS
TRT: 01:31
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Travelling shot, Palais de Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We call for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for those responsible to be held to account.”
4. Med shot, Briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Reports indicate that on 20 April, armed men in uniform, encircled Karma village, in northern Yatenga Province, and randomly shot at people. Available information suggests that at least 150 civilians may have been killed, and many others injured.”
6. Med shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The public prosecutor in the town of Ouahigouya announced on 23 April that 60 people were killed and an investigation into the attack was under way. This investigation must be prompt, thorough, independent, and impartial and must result in credible prosecutions, if such gross violations are to end.”
8. Med shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We call on all parties to the conflict in Burkina Faso to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by refraining from targeting civilians and civilian objects. Deliberately targeting civilians or individuals not taking direct part in hostilities constitutes a war crime.”
10. Med shot, briefing room
STORYLINE:
Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, said, “We call for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for those responsible to be held to account.”
At the bi-weekly news briefing today (25 Apr) in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani made the following statement on Burkina Faso: Killing of civilians.
She said, “Reports indicate that on 20 April, armed men in uniform, encircled Karma village, in northern Yatenga Province, and randomly shot at people. Available information suggests that at least 150 civilians may have been killed, and many others injured.” The armed men then proceeded to loot homes, shops, and mosques.
Sources in the nearby town of Ouahigouya reported hearing gunshots at 7a.m. on 20 April, three hours after they had seen men in military fatigues on vehicles and motorcycles headed towards Karma.
“The public prosecutor in the town of Ouahigouya announced on 23 April that 60 people were killed and an investigation into the attack was under way. This investigation must be prompt, thorough, independent, and impartial and must result in credible prosecutions, if such gross violations are to end,” Shamdasani said.
The killings come in the wake of an attack on a VDP base on 15 April in which – according to the provincial governor – eight soldiers and 32 VDPs were killed and more than 30 injured. Credible accounts indicate the attackers accused village residents of sheltering members of the Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslim group, an Islamic State group affiliate, and other non-state armed groups.
“We call on all parties to the conflict in Burkina Faso to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by refraining from targeting civilians and civilian objects. Deliberately targeting civilians or individuals not taking direct part in hostilities constitutes a war crime,” she said.
This is one of several other reported attacks on civilians by the armed forces and VDPs in recent months. On 9 November last year, at least 50 civilians were killed when suspected members of the 14th regiment attacked four villages near Djibo town, in Soum Province. In another incident, at least 28 people were killed in Nouna town, in Kossi Province, on 30-31 December. Investigations were announced by the authorities. We call on the authorities to publish the findings of these investigations.
TRT: 01:31
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Travelling shot, Palais de Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We call for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for those responsible to be held to account.”
4. Med shot, Briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Reports indicate that on 20 April, armed men in uniform, encircled Karma village, in northern Yatenga Province, and randomly shot at people. Available information suggests that at least 150 civilians may have been killed, and many others injured.”
6. Med shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The public prosecutor in the town of Ouahigouya announced on 23 April that 60 people were killed and an investigation into the attack was under way. This investigation must be prompt, thorough, independent, and impartial and must result in credible prosecutions, if such gross violations are to end.”
8. Med shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We call on all parties to the conflict in Burkina Faso to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by refraining from targeting civilians and civilian objects. Deliberately targeting civilians or individuals not taking direct part in hostilities constitutes a war crime.”
10. Med shot, briefing room
STORYLINE:
Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, said, “We call for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for those responsible to be held to account.”
At the bi-weekly news briefing today (25 Apr) in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani made the following statement on Burkina Faso: Killing of civilians.
She said, “Reports indicate that on 20 April, armed men in uniform, encircled Karma village, in northern Yatenga Province, and randomly shot at people. Available information suggests that at least 150 civilians may have been killed, and many others injured.” The armed men then proceeded to loot homes, shops, and mosques.
Sources in the nearby town of Ouahigouya reported hearing gunshots at 7a.m. on 20 April, three hours after they had seen men in military fatigues on vehicles and motorcycles headed towards Karma.
“The public prosecutor in the town of Ouahigouya announced on 23 April that 60 people were killed and an investigation into the attack was under way. This investigation must be prompt, thorough, independent, and impartial and must result in credible prosecutions, if such gross violations are to end,” Shamdasani said.
The killings come in the wake of an attack on a VDP base on 15 April in which – according to the provincial governor – eight soldiers and 32 VDPs were killed and more than 30 injured. Credible accounts indicate the attackers accused village residents of sheltering members of the Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslim group, an Islamic State group affiliate, and other non-state armed groups.
“We call on all parties to the conflict in Burkina Faso to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by refraining from targeting civilians and civilian objects. Deliberately targeting civilians or individuals not taking direct part in hostilities constitutes a war crime,” she said.
This is one of several other reported attacks on civilians by the armed forces and VDPs in recent months. On 9 November last year, at least 50 civilians were killed when suspected members of the 14th regiment attacked four villages near Djibo town, in Soum Province. In another incident, at least 28 people were killed in Nouna town, in Kossi Province, on 30-31 December. Investigations were announced by the authorities. We call on the authorities to publish the findings of these investigations.
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