Africa
Nigeria: demand war crimes investigation
Rights groups in Nigeria brought an action against President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an investigation into war crimes.
Tag: paramilitaries
The Andes
Amnesty: concern over Colombia land restitution
Amnesty International voiced concern that claimants under Colombia's Land Restitution Law face problems ranging from bureaucratic obstacles to intimidation.
Africa
Vigilantes fight Boko Haram with bows and arrows
In Nigeria's northwest, traditional hunters in rural areas, armed only with bows and arrows, are organizing patrols to protect their villages against Boko Haram.
Southeast Asia
Philippines: justice deferred in 2011 massacre
Protesters in the Philippines marked five years since the country's worst political massacre, at Ampatuan—where paramilitary troops killed 58 opponents of a local boss.
South Asia
Bangladesh: opposition leader gets death sentence
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal convicted opposition politician MA Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes committed during the 1971 war with Pakistan.
The Andes
Colombia: crime lord falls, para links revealed
The capture of "Marquitos," reigning crime lord of Colombia's La Guajira region, was followed by revelations of his deadly dealings with local paramilitaries and politicians.
Southern Cone
Chile: local Mapuche leader murdered
Unknown assailants killed a spokesperson for a Mapuche community that has carried out several land occupations. He was the second activist from his family to die violently.
Africa
HRW: Boko Haram abductions and abuses continue
Militant group Boko Haram has forced kidnapped women and girls to marry their captors and begun using them for military tactical purposes, Human Rights Watch reports.
South Asia
India: Maoists appeal to Nagas to resist deployment
India's Maoist rebels issued an appeal to the Naga Regiments to resist deployment as a paramilitary counter-insurgency force to guerilla-held regions of the country.
The Andes
Colombia: Santos under fire over peace process
Colombia's Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez slammed President Juan Manuel Santos for "protecting a terrorist" by failing to arrest FARC leader "Timochenko."
The Andes
Venezuela accuses Colombian paras in death of pol
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro charged that a Colombian paramilitary network was behind the assassination of legislator Robert Serra, a rising star in the ruling party.
Mexico
Mexico: protests for imprisoned vigilante leader
Supporters of José Manuel Mireles Valverde, imprisoned leader of the self-defense forces in violence-torn Michoacán, are holding a protest mobilization to demand his release.