this footage of the nigerian peacekeepers i got up but it was filmed by a local cameraman sorious samura unbroke cost around the world seventeen years ago in a documentary called cry freetown. there was a silent majority sophie. the nigerians had been invited to protect civilians by the sierra leonean government which was embroiled in a brutal civil war against rebel positions but instead of being protectors many became butchers. after the end of the conflict in two thousand and two a united nations funded tribunals established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the civil war. but the nigerian crimes were ignored brushed under the carpet of history. after eighteen years of silence a team of international lawyers is reopening the case. file a story i believe this case representing victims that have suffered so much the case is being conducted by myself dr tshabalala getting drought of malaysia my brother abraham. from sierra leone the case pro bono to do something for the victims. that came in. i think you. one has seen in the united nations allegations of abuse. underline those

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belief that the nigerian perpetrators will be directly targeted by the case has sustained sorious through his dealings with the legal team. but now he his the case is taking a different path. over the last twelve months we've gone through the videos of cyrus mora we've conducted investigations on the ground in nigeria up in sierra leone. witnesses been spoken to statements of being taken and are now in a position to put for the nine claims i tried last year to file a case in nigeria and they wrote back and said well they only had jurisdiction on the territory of nigeria so we were confronted with a problem how to obtain redress we decided the first course of action that was compelling was the one that sought the sierra leone government to do what a state should do which is to protect the fundamental constitutional rights of its citizens and as one of the relief sought in that claim is for the state to start a proper accountability process because the state in charge of one force meant that they have international standing to make requests to other states and so they are in a privileged po

belief that the nigerian perpetrators will be directly targeted by the case has sustained sorious through his dealings with the legal team. but now he his the case is taking a different path. over the last twelve months we've gone through the videos of cyrus mora we've conducted investigations on the ground in nigeria up in sierra leone. witnesses being spoken to statements of being taken and we're now in a position to put for the nine claims i tried last year to file a case in nigeria and they wrote back and said well they only had jurisdiction on the territory of nigeria so we were confronted with a problem how to obtain redress we decided the first course of action that was compelling was the one that sought the sierra leone government to do what a state should do which is to protect the fundamental constitutional rights of its citizens and as one of the relief sought in that claim is for the state to start a proper accountability process because the state in charge of law enforcement they have international standing to make requests to to other states and so they are in a privileged p