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Screenshot from a video posted on a Wagner Group-linked Telegram channel in July 2024. Several men wearing Burkina Faso military uniforms stand in a rocky area around a dead body, which is being dismembered. One man holds up a smartphone, appearing to record the scene.

A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner’s promotion of atrocities in West Africa

Screenshot from a video posted on a Wagner Group-linked Telegram channel in July 2024. Several men wearing Burkina Faso military uniforms stand in a rocky area around a dead body, which is being dismembered. One man holds up a smartphone, appearing to record the scene.
In this image from video posted on a Wagner Group-affiliated Telegram channel in July 2024, men in Burkina Faso military uniforms stand around a dead body lying on the ground as it was cut into pieces. (AP Photo)

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AP: A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner’s promotion of atrocities in West Africa, featuring the investigative work of HRC’s Technology, Law & Policy team.