Mass Graves exhumations begin in Somaliland by a Peruvian fo

[ZubeirAwal]

Mass Graves exhumations begin in Somaliland by a Peruvian forensic anthropology team (EPAF)



A Peruvian forensic anthropology team has started on a project that is expected to reveal details of the widespread atrocities that were committed under the rule of dictator Siyad Barre against the people of Somaliland.

Truth behind enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, torture and other human rights violations of Somalilanders is about to be unearthed.

The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team – EPAF, has begun exhumations in in the country, as part of a five-year agreement signed with the government thus unearth the truth behind an estimated 60,000 civilian deaths and hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances from 1970 to 1991.

The EPAF team which will also training local forensic personnel and college students of biomedical sciences in order to avail of the country relevant forensic expertise.

The exhumations result from the enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, torture and other human rights violations perpetrated during the reign of dictator Siyad Barre whose underlings are credited with the over 60,000 deaths and hundreds of unexplained disappearances

One of the main perpetrators in this case is General Mohamed Ali Samatar, who was Vice President and Defense Minister of the Democratic Republic of Somalia from 1980 to 1986. In January 1987, Samatar took over as Prime Minister of Somalia, until the fall of Barre dictatorship in 1990.

During the cause of its duties, the Jose Pablo’s led EPAF team that also includes a number of international journalists is assisted by Mr. Abdiaziz Mohamed Diriye who was part of the team that brought Gen Ali Samatar to justice in the USA where he was found guilty of committing atrocities against Somalilanders and fine $21 Million.

While informing that most of the mass graves documented has a minimum of 12 corpses the national massacre investigations committee, which is supporting the EPAF, work, gave the following breakdown of mass graves so far identified:-

I. Hargeisa (Maroodi-Jeeh region) – 200 mass graves

II. Berbera (Sahil region) – 12 mass graves

III. Burao (Togdheer region) – 8 mass graves

IV. Sheikh (Sahil region) – 1 mass grave

V. Erigavo (Sanaag region) – 2 mass graves

VI. Arabsiyo (Gabile region) – 1 mass grave

The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) is a non-profit organization that promotes the right to truth, justice, and guarantees of non-repetition in cases of forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution. EPAF seeks to contribute to the consolidation of peace and democracy where grave human rights violations have taken place by working alongside the families of the disappeared to find their loved ones, gain access to justice, and improve the conditions affecting their political and economic development.

To achieve these goals, EPAF works in four principal areas: Forensic Investigation, Historical Memory, Forensic Training, and Human Development.

[metamorphosis]

This will not help you with that which you want...recognition.

[ZubeirAwal]

This will not help you with that which you want...recognition.

I do not want recognition, i'm against it, and i'm also against unification.

[original dervish]

Will they be looking at the mass graves dug by the terrorist snm, and the mass graves from the habar v habar wars?

[ZubeirAwal]

Will they be looking at the mass graves dug by the terrorist snm, and the mass graves from the habar v habar wars?

Hoyoda weydi.

[Methylamine]

these mass graves are outside the cities and stuff right?

[original dervish]

simple question nigger.

[ElfRuler]

I hope those people are reburied properly and this project brings peace of mind to those who are still looking for their loved ones. My grandfather also went missing in Ethiopia during the 70s.

[ZubeirAwal]

these mass graves are outside the cities and stuff right?

Yh they are in the dooxa hargeisa in the dry river bed, and around outside the city, hargeisa had it the worse 200 mass graves.

ElfRuler my grandfather who was with my father in the civil war up north has not been seen since 1991 , he died but none of us don't know where

[metamorphosis]

This will not help you with that which you want...recognition.

I do not want recognition, i'm against it, and i'm also against unification.

What do you want then bro?

[adam2000]

simple question nigger.

you get simple answer

[Methylamine]

these mass graves are outside the cities and stuff right?

Yh they are in the dooxa hargeisa in the dry river bed, and around outside the city, hargeisa had it the worse 200 mass graves.

ElfRuler my grandfather who was with my father in the civil war up north has not been seen since 1991 , he died but none of us don't know where

That's crazy, a lot of people walk across dooxa. Imagine how it feels that you're probably stepping on a dead person's grave

[rich-boy]

these mass graves are outside the cities and stuff right?

Yh they are in the dooxa hargeisa in the dry river bed, and around outside the city, hargeisa had it the worse 200 mass graves.

ElfRuler my grandfather who was with my father in the civil war up north has not been seen since 1991 , he died but none of us don't know where

what do u mean none of us know where ?

[ZubeirAwal]

This will not help you with that which you want...recognition.

I do not want recognition, i'm against it, and i'm also against unification.

What do you want then bro?

Can't tell you ma nigga, its a secret.

[AgentOfChaos]

Honestly, everyone got screwed one way or other, some even got their wells poisoned and lost thousands of people as a result, but guess what, people moved on instead of living in the past, and pointing fingers at each other till Judgement Day.