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tv   Cote d Ivoire Partial Justice  Al Jazeera  September 28, 2017 12:32pm-1:01pm AST

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it says the breakaway vote is illegal police chiefs have discussed plans to seize control of polling booths and block catalans from casting a vote the united nations refugee agency says is concerned about an attack on ranger refugees in the sri lankan capital colombo a mob led by buddhist monks threw stones at the un shelter for the refugees the thirty one ranger inside the building people mainly women and children fled without injury for one because government has condemned the attack is shameful urging police to hunt down the perpetrators ballistic missiles and other weapons have been shown off on armed forces day in south korea the display of military might was in the city appealing teac. a lebanese military court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of a controversial sunni cleric. is facing charges linked to a battle with government forces in twenty thirteen in which eighteen soldiers and two civilians were killed forty of alycia supporters also died in the fighting. the
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indonesian island of bali remains on high alert because of fears of all kaino might erupt at any moment it's mount i go and it's been spurting smoke and ash for the past six days and it's tremors are intensifying the news continues after people and power season. on october the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the central government insists it's unconstitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state clamps down and catalans take to the streets where will this crisis and watch al-jazeera for the latest. six years ago during and after a patiently contested election savagest mcfarlane's tools through coke to a former president his own string to the international criminal court for those
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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 peace randy attended by officials of the government of president john s. on what to have. 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 i think struggle that had destabilized this former french colony over fifteen years. three thousand people were killed more than a million were 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. but a matter for see them development downtrend don't. want. the island or the. people. since what are again the presidency in two thousand and
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eleven 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 at preventing the exclusion of presidential candidates based on their they city. wasn't one of the problems with. the rebellious one and in january a pay dispute involving the army broke out into open mutiny. the whole bag boy himself who still commands wide backing in parts of the country is currently on trial at the international criminal court for crimes an edge of they committed during the conflict six years ago but well by both 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 of the country where pro back book
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communities where 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 are very 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 happened to equate the region's main city and a 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 middle of the city
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today nine of georgia's family were among those killed sad to turn their back. on this other group gets busy day in. day they use. a jaunt to see a glass ceiling to secure their loved ones that. some of the day nobody was there. in march two thousand and eleven when allison what hours then rebel forces took over the town a crowd of illegal settlers attacked a neighborhood enjoy a quick. they were joined by 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
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from the local gary tribe. after 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 the last would be that's what. i meant they separate themselves. i very much that's up to me to happen but. today you can live on the one may be. right but 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 un 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 ouattara as mandate a un camp for internally displaced people enjoy a quick was attacked and burnt down so. this is. what you'd increasingly. hard to believe such as i didn't read. you can i need eventually the nightly camp hosted five thousand people most of them like julian from the gary tribe who traditionally support stronghold like bill i said. i don't know what it is. about to make it up as an islamic rule which i brought. forth. with
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a deductible on the saturday about the. the un declined to tell us how many people disappeared during the attack. and the dissidents because of the rabbit don't think well educated and actually one does if they do. that on the way down the so. much local journalist tribe he was able to give us information. he arrived on site as the attack was coming to an end. he shows us the footage he filmed with his mobile phone. go away. where. no one is that lives are tempted 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 when this is all. that they were sensitive to the residents leave with what's left of their belongings. and it was like a song. or do you have a pretty you know this is divine mood to say for. your new cd or. is it just a. it's a positive outlook and did not try to be even spoke to young men who took part in the attack just go on to some of the just like you you saw. there were some. on. the other one of. as these images make clear u.n.
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soldiers were stationed at night camp residents claim the troops did nothing to protect them. for years later. and 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 of. a plane. it is clear that it does though 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 are leaders at this
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local restaurant the evening before the attack because of the serious risk to our eyewitness we are using an actor to voice his words. offensive or. is it or should. be drug. or evil finitum and if. it is on. the area. you have a book with a move to father 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 custody commission by two thousand and eleven he was giving sanctuary to
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thirty thousand people the u.n. offered to be able to relieve the strain. or. if you hit. your. got your deposit me you will franco. 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 officers 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. if we did. 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 contained 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 but four years
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on there still be no official confirmation yet again will be different listen to this is eric was an advocate opposition or even going to venture to meet those broke out when i was with or it comes to supplement or not i'm going to order for dinner and. 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 the police will save. 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 four 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 area's victims. so. yeah of course it. compatible. the pope's last show. with a patch of. ground. gary wallace something. former army officers who are operating in drink 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. so i go to the let me. know what you are going to that's what we've met a man whom we shall know a spat trace who say's he was tortured at the hotel moisture and witnessed the murder of two friends we are concealing his true identity for safety reasons of the question what about all of. modern regular water before. he takes us to the scene of a murder he says he was lucky not to be killed to love most of them will move with one who logged on to moment the moment lucky she's been. chosen to do so so we will look to you like a large. room not. sure who got it 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 really. if you michel you actually have a human. to remember that for we do know an awful and should 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. tribe b. has tracked down wilfred's brother who's been searching for his sibling in prisons
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across the country when travis shows him the photograph it's the first time he's known for certain of his brother's death. will. the. momentum of the war as i'm likely. to. be different 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 question. we've been told that fictitious allegations of criminality to excuse
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the 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 refutable evidence of abdul's guilt filming secretly a member of our crew tries to find him at the police station injured quick so. we 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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so. he asks abdul he killed well frayed. do you.
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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. response this is us young grab the world international with. us. the nightly 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. government you represent those of us with. the failings of the u.n. operations and you're quick have even attracted criticism from within the organization itself an internal un no today to two months before the nightly attack
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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. 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. going off 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 provided but
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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 perpetrators. own inquiries have found that despite the apparent willingness of eye witnesses to
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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.
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