Many of the soldiers are wearing a uniform consistent with that worn by the government's Rapid Intervention Battalion or BIR. A resident of Azi also told the BBC that the men who burned houses belonged to the BIR.pic.twitter.com/kLQDVfiMMP
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Many of the soldiers are wearing a uniform consistent with that worn by the government's Rapid Intervention Battalion or BIR. A resident of Azi also told the BBC that the men who burned houses belonged to the BIR.pic.twitter.com/kLQDVfiMMP
The government denied it was their men. They say that separatist rebels can get hold of BIR or other military uniforms, to make it look like the army is to blame.
We also analysed this video of a village on fire and found it to be Munyenge, in South-West Cameroon. We were able to speak with three local sources on the ground, who all say the village was burned by government troops.pic.twitter.com/TnWHat5zF8
Anglophone human rights groups claim that close to 70 villages have been burned down by the security forces. We found satellite imagery showing extensive fire damage in several villages, among them: Bekora...pic.twitter.com/MJRxFdh6oO
The government denies burning villages.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s Minister of Communication, told us: “Why would our defence forces burn villages, when their responsibility is to protect them?” @ITBMINCOMpic.twitter.com/JNDJQt3slx
Government forces are also accused of torture. We were sent this video of a captive being brutally beaten by men in uniform. They shout, “you’ve killed gendarmes, no?” Our analysis puts this outside the military police station in a village called Nkongle.pic.twitter.com/8l1FnKbYON
The Cameroonian government says it is aware of this incident and is investigating it.
“If…soldiers are found guilty of such behaviour,” said Mr Bakary, Minister of Communications, “they would be court-martialled immediately.” @ITBMINCOM
Separatists have also been accused of some abuses – including attacks on civilians thought to be working with the government.
These images, provided by @Amnesty, show a teacher who was shot for keeping his school open.pic.twitter.com/jyPc6JOUER
This conflict has already had a devastating impact on civilians. At least 20,000 have fled across the border into Nigeria. The UN estimates that another 160,00 are displaced with Cameroon. Many, like the people in this video, are still hiding in the forest.pic.twitter.com/2eOpCYpAEP
Watch our full investigation here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_SLnAGDuM&t=17s …
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