"The two women killed outside Zelevet received no trial at all."
September 27, 2018 9:42 AM Subscribe
How BBC Africa investigated a recently gone viral war crimes video (slTwitter) and found where it took place, when it took place and who committed them. CW: the video is included in the Twitter thread with the actual murder omitted.
The full BBC Africa report is available on Youtube, with the original video once again included with the ending omitted.
On BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, the inclusion of the video was debated as well as some more detail on how the evidence was gathered.
The full BBC Africa report is available on Youtube, with the original video once again included with the ending omitted.
On BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, the inclusion of the video was debated as well as some more detail on how the evidence was gathered.
We now live in an age where you can friend war criminals on Facebook.
posted by dephlogisticated at 10:55 AM on September 27, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by dephlogisticated at 10:55 AM on September 27, 2018 [5 favorites]
I thought this was a really good piece of journalism and a really smart use of technology. Also an apalling act of terrible humans.
posted by hepta at 11:41 AM on September 27, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by hepta at 11:41 AM on September 27, 2018 [5 favorites]
Great that they were able to track these monsters down, love when journalists actually do investigation. I hope more are punished than just the individuals involved, there's no way this type of action isn't systematic.
posted by GoblinHoney at 12:56 PM on September 27, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by GoblinHoney at 12:56 PM on September 27, 2018 [3 favorites]
The BBC worked with Amnesty International in getting this story out there, and The Intercept has been on this story for a while now. Warning, though: they carry the full video on their site. Dollars to doughnuts the soldiers claimed the women were "Boko Haram" on camera for plausible deniability's sake.
The Intercept has another story on their site of a similar massacre in 2015 which was also carried out and filmed by Cameroonian soldiers; again, the full video is posted.
posted by droplet at 5:27 PM on September 27, 2018
The Intercept has another story on their site of a similar massacre in 2015 which was also carried out and filmed by Cameroonian soldiers; again, the full video is posted.
posted by droplet at 5:27 PM on September 27, 2018
This is extraordinary work, and bears the clear signs of Forensic Architecture's influence. (I do not mean to suggest that the BBC work is derivative at all, merely that FA's pioneering efforts in using advanced digital tools to establish a consensus baseline of fact are bearing fruit beyond their original ambit of application. It's quite a set of practices to see spread in the world, a rare beacon of hope in what are otherwise hope-deprived times.)
May the families of the murdered know justice.
posted by adamgreenfield at 4:00 AM on September 28, 2018
May the families of the murdered know justice.
posted by adamgreenfield at 4:00 AM on September 28, 2018
The fact that the Cameroon Gov't previously described the murders as "fake news" should give every American pause about who presently occupies the Oval Office. Words matter.
Kudos to these real journalists for using facts to bring these despicable people to justice.
posted by AJScease at 9:15 AM on September 28, 2018
Kudos to these real journalists for using facts to bring these despicable people to justice.
posted by AJScease at 9:15 AM on September 28, 2018
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The Beeb's digital investigation is a remarkable Information Age-feat, pulling together data across the 'net, from Google Earth to Facebook. Hopefully the trial of these war criminals will see justice done.
posted by Doktor Zed at 9:57 AM on September 27, 2018 [1 favorite]