08/10/2007
On 1 October we were told that a patrol of the Nigerien army FAN (Forces armées Nigeria) in the extreme-northern region near the Algerian border five vehicles stopped, which drove north, and forced the occupants to get out. The fan then separated from the dark-skinned light-skinned passengers who are believed to have been held for Tuareg.
The soldiers shot the FAN these people.
A day after the incident, the soldiers attacked the same FAN further south, in the area between Assamaka and Arlit, 17 Tuareg in their tents and then shot at random and without any reason.
According to reports, the MNJ ( Mouvement pour la Justice of Nigeria of) were these people not on the armed opposition movement.
All persons who were shot were involved at the relevant time in any fighting. There is no court decision or the like against them.
, it violates the FAN and the Nigerien government again against the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
is Furthermore, the journalist of Radio France International, Moussa Kaka, Niger in jail, he reported on the current conflict in the north and had to have ties with the MNJ, what is he now accused by the government of Niger. This violates the general press freedom. In the other reporters without borders set (Reporters sans frontières) a for his release.
