Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The LC 3 Chairpersons and veterans in Luwero district have expressed support for the move by Luwero – Rwenzori Triangle Ministry to take over management of National Resistance Army war mass graves. Between 1992-1995, the Office of the President constructed mass graves to offer …
Read More »Landlord in Mukono on the spot for illegally exhuming eight graves
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Namulugwe in Nama sub county, Mukono district are in shock following a decision by the landlady to exhume the graves of the relatives of her tenants without their consent. The landlady, Margret Nakabanda Mayengo ordered the exhumation of the eight graves on Tuesday …
Read More »Families want graves of loved ones exhumed from Gulu logistic hub project site
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty seven families in Gulu want the graves of their loved ones on the land hosting the Gulu Logistic Hub project exhumed. The Shillings 107 billion trade hub sits on a piece of land measuring 54 acres in Layibi-Go down cell, Bardege-Layibi division, Gulu city. The …
Read More »More than 200 mass graves found in former IS territory in Iraq: UN
Baghdad, Iraq | AFP | More than 200 mass graves containing up to 12,000 victims have been found so far in Iraq that could hold vital evidence of war crimes by the Islamic State group, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office …
Read More »Rohingya militants deny Myanmar army claims of Hindu massacre
Maungdaw, Myanmar | AFP | Rohingya militants on Wednesday denied the Myanmar army’s allegations that they had massacred scores of Hindu villagers, whose bodies soldiers displayed to the press after exhuming them from mass graves in northern Rakhine state. Major clashes between the army and the Muslim insurgents erupted last month, …
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