The United Nations was touched by the report of increasing killings of civilians in Burkina Faso
The United Nations Human Rights Commission has announced that it has been touched by reports of increasing killings against civilians in Burkina Faso.
The United Nations Human Rights Commission explains this while reports show the involvement of the military and foreign mercenaries in the killing.
The Commissioner General of the commission, Volker Turk, has said that despite armed groups being associated with a large number of murders, it is regrettable that the security forces are also carrying out these killings arbitrarily.
Turk has called on the country's authorities to ensure that citizens are protected, at this time defensive groups are continuing attacks against civilians, including internal refugees.
In addition, he has called on the Government of President Ibrahim Traore to support an independent and transparent investigation into all allegations of human rights violations, and to ensure that criminals are brought to justice.
Recently, the government of Burkina Faso strongly denied and condemned the accusations made by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, which accused the army of the country's government of being involved in the killings in February this year 2024 in the villages of Nodin and Soro in the north of the country that.
The government of Burkina Faso says that the campaign spread by the media about allegations against the country's government fully shows the bad intentions aimed at bringing down the army of Burkina Faso.
