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events but other crimes have not been investigated and other perpetrators have not been held to account victoria both went to find out why. ivory coast november two thousand and sixteen at these friendly attended by officials of the government of president on a sign with a high. the theme is national reconciliation.
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in two thousand and eleven ivory coast was torn apart by inter-community violence that broke out between supporters of newly elected president ouattara and his predecessor the home back but it was the latest round in a bitter us next struggle that had destabilized this former french colony over fifteen years. three thousand people were killed more than a million where displaced victims were from both sides. the fighting was only brought to an end with the help of french and u.n. troops who intervened on what are a side. six years on the government says its aim is to lay these tensions to rest and return to the stability that once made ivory coast one of the most prosperous nations in west africa and. the marshall foresee them to develop a friend on. the island there are a lot of people. since what are again the presidency in two thousand and eleven
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international investment has been pouring in and violence has gone down but in some parts of the country ethnic and political tensions are simmering. the last october so protest of a constitutional reform and preventing the exclusion of presidential candidates based on their face city. wasn't. that the rebellious one and in january the pay dispute involving the army broke out into open mutiny. the whole bible himself who still commands wide backing in parts of the country is currently on trial at the international criminal court. for crimes and edge of the committed during the conflict six years ago but while bible faces justice at the hague and some of his followers have already been jailed back home know what our supporters have yet been prosecuted. have been to the west
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of the country where pro black book communities were savage lee targeted by pro what are our forces during the violence of two thousand and eleven we wanted to find out why the government's promises to provide impartial justice to the victims hadn't yet been kept we also wanted to investigate claims about ethnic attacks that took place well after president ouattara came to power events that it's alleged where witnessed by u.n. troops who failed to intervene. western ivory coast land disputes have long triggered reprisal killings and tribal conflicts in this region bordering liberia a third of the fatalities during the election violence happening to equate the region's main city and the center of the country's famous cocoa industry hundreds of people disappeared from here and at least ninety thousand were still internally displaced by two thousand and fifteen six mass graves can still be found in the
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middle of the city today nine of georgia's family were among those killed. in this other group a specific. day. a. sheet of glass ceiling to secure them but. some of the day nobody was there. in march two thousand and eleven when our son what our eyes then rebel forces took over the town a crowd of illegal settlers attacked a neighborhood enjoy a quick. they were joined by a pro what are militia men known as the doe's those hundreds of people when as i could the bodies were later buried in haste by only king un personnel. this was an act of revenge targeting landowners from the local gary tribe. after
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the attack the assailants returned to their own homes carrying the loot stolen from their victims the bodies buried here have never been examined this is all right you . know as i mean to let it be that is what these family members up are you concerned. i very much that's up to me to love and what should be sold and the lives lost on the nearly. everybody the international committee of the red cross estimated at least eight hundred people were murdered and i do wish you know you seen on this video is again a and a community leader known for his ties with the ivorian army identified by both the u.n. and human rights watch as the instigator of the attack he was finally arrested in two thousand and thirteen but though held in custody he has still to stand trial the jury queer massacre was only the start of a series of attacks in the region involving members of pro what are militias and
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the ever an army the f.r.c. most are yet to be investigated. but the evidence is there to be found in july two thousand and twelve for example over a year into president what areas mandate a u.n. camp for internally displaced people enjoy a quick was attacked and burned down. that's not what you think the single most of. the stations i did it with. you can i did eventually the naively camp hosted five thousand people most of them like julia from the gary tribe who traditionally support the whole black book i said. i don't know what it is. the battle is opportunism exam. brought. forth a report by with atomic that had been on the part of. the un declined to
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tell us how many people disappeared during the attack. don't. think well educated and actually want to. run away and so. much local journalists try they was able to give us information. here arrived on site as the attack was coming to an end. he shows us the footage he filmed with his mobile phone. where. normally visited the border for. these images were filmed in front of the nightly camp in the foreground government officials and soldiers stand and watch the camp burned down then
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a group of men holding cups and machetes can be seen chasing residents escaping the camp. that they were in the residence leave with what's left of their belongings. or the upper to you know this is the one move the safe. did not try to be even spoke to young men who took part in the attack just go up. there were some. as these images make clear u.n.
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soldiers were stationed at camp residents claim the troops did nothing to protect them. later. in the couple seen on our footage still haven't been able to return to their village displaced they fear going back to work on their land. from the north like president ouattara and could still pose a threat to the gary tribe among them would be like. if you see. you take it going on as it is one of. it is clear that the toso have strong backing. we've heard first hand testimony that the neighborly attack was called united in advance with members of the ivorian army they match with those of leaders at this local restaurant the evening before
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the attack because of the serious risk to our eyewitness we are using an actor to voice his words. offensively or. is it a show should. be drug. evil phinney remember if. it is on. his own party the area. is over but with a move to father supriya is one of many who believes that the nightly killings could have been avoided. for a decade he sheltered thousands of victims and refugees from all sides of the town's guess that
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a commission by two thousand and eleven he was giving sanctuary to thirty thousand people the u.n. offered to be able to relieve the strain. but if. you. got your deposit me your friend go. and it was a busy. ten weeks after the nightly attack six bodies were found at the bottom of a well on the outskirts of to equate the discovery was a father barris meant for the army. they smell and alerted journalists to the story he said he was captured by all me offices during the night. and taken to this field with all the residents of the
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camp he claimed his friends were shot dead by soldiers then the bodies were disposed of he was the only known survivor but he died in mysterious circumstances whilst the nami detention a year after the bodies were found instead who we'd spoken to earlier agreed to take us back to the site. don't. have a clue. nine of the disused wells have been found on the same plot of land the regional district attorney has promised local people these would be examined to see if they also contain bodies but officially nothing has yet been done we eventually find two of them they are sealed so it's impossible to see what may be lying at the bottom. believes his brother was amongst the six bodies that for years on the still be no
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official confirmation hearing will be different listen to this is eric was an advocate opposition or even to venture i mean those liberal got on i was already on to supplement or not but i'm going to order for dinner and let. me. no autopsy report on the six bodies has ever been published and even the exact whereabouts is unclear so we find the name of the pathologist who carried out the examination and call her that chris christie complete with. the ivorian government has set up a national commission of inquiry mandated to investigate crimes committed by both sides during two thousand and eleven election violence. but for years after the nightly camp attack no prosecutions have been made now
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a group of ivorian n.g.o.s has launched civil proceedings on behalf of all the areas victims. yeah and. compatible. the pope's last show. with a patrick. gary wallace something. former army officers who are operating in jake way in two thousand and twelve are still feared by a part of the population which misses and victims claim that this abandoned hotel became notorious for the torture and murders committed here while the building was occupied by government troops the hotel's night club was converted into an interrogation room bullet holes can still be seen and it was. a small out building
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was used as a cell we were told that thirteen mates were held here forced to stand day and night and even eat the soles of their own shoes. let me. know what you are going to that's what we've met a man whom we shall know a spot trace who says he was tortured at the hotel moisture and witnessed the murder of two friends we are concealing his true identity for safety reasons of a sort of a bunch of what about all of us a lot longer with regard to the motorcade route he takes us to the scene of a murder he says he was lucky not to be killed to do love most of them will move with one who feel like you don't do moment the moment lucky she. doesn't look. so so we want to look. like a large. dog he tells us he knows one of the
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soldiers who murdered his friends you know what to say you. know what written. before. we started i don't have a human. to remember but for we do know know for sure probably do for you period but tree say's he was eventually released after his family paid the army a huge bribe of two thousand five hundred dollars. the alleged murderer abdul was an f r c soldier he now works as an informer with the local police and has since killed other people. among his alleged victims is this man called wilfried from a village near to equate his body was photographed after it had been left in the bush. tri be has tracked down well for his brother who's been searching for his
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sibling in prisons across the country when travis shows him the photograph it's the first time he's known for certain of his brother's death. lol. well you are exactly the. same of the one as i'm looking at you. even. if you friend we are later told that wilfried was killed of a dispute involving a woman and a rival lover allegedly paid abdul the former soldier turned police informant to assassinate him it's said that abdul had detained while freed on suspicion of theft they say has become a familiar story into a quaint. we've been told that fictitious allegations of criminality to excuse the
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detention torture and murder of opponents but also allegedly used by the a facet to justify the detention of victims held in the hotel noise and even the night camp attack. we want to gather irrefutable evidence of abdul's guilt filming secretly a member of our crew tries to find him at the police station injured quick so. you want to operate. because he's not there but we are told that abdul is on active duty and we are given his phone number. calls the number posing as a garridge owner seeking revenge against a former business partner. tells abdul he wants the business partner killed.
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as this film was being completed abdul was still working with requests police heading to the country's main city abidjan we request an urgent interview with both the ministry of justice and the national commission of inquiry to present our evidence they do not respond to our requests but the head of the un space keeping mission in ivory coast which is coming to an end this year did agree to see us with been told i should tune in though due wouldn't comment on allegations that un peacekeeping troops at night had stood by while the camp was attacked but she did refer to the episode in general terms. of innocence we need.
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to make. the. response this is us young graf they were in there. with. us. the neighborly camp attack and subsequent killings i staying on the un's mandate in ivory coast. all the victims we spoke to end your quit accused u.n. personnel of failing to protect civilians in the area. you tell about. the roman pontiff a little. person goes you have a home the failings of the u.n. operations and your quake have even attracted criticism from within the organization itself an internal un know today to two months before the nightly
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attack reveals the organization was well aware of growing security concerns the security situation inside the camp has seriously deteriorated the situation has increased tensions with local authorities the authors of the note asked u.n. agencies to clarify with local authorities and camp managers the role of unity in providing security. despite these clear warnings only ten u.n. soldiers were protecting the camp on the day of the attack. all the eyewitnesses we've spoken to say that those troops did nothing to oppose the assailants wanted to have troops in the country. can be provided. and of course. enough to be something very very sensitive and as you know sometimes you can be very heavy in order to be sure that those troops could be provided at the right time and that was something that unfortunately we didn't have more troops. the protection could be
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provided but i don't know. in two thousand and fifteen the government investigation into events that night was moved to abidjan in the hope of speeding up the process and bringing justice for the victims. but two years later they have been no further developments no forensic examination of crime scenes no testimony taken from eye witnesses no criminal charges laid against. our own inquiries have found that despite the apparent willingness of eye witnesses
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to provide compelling testimony about the events of six years ago the authorities and the international criminal court have so far failed to conduct a full and proper investigation unless and until those matters are laid to rest hopes for genuine reconciliation in ivory coast may never be fully realized. a new year and many new developments for this chinese villages fledgling democracy the village committee has retrieved people's land but approval is fleeting frustration grips the villagers and as the saga began over a year before result. of
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