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78% of first-phase victims compensated in the Plateaux region

From May 7 to 19, 2018, HCRRUN compensated non-vulnerable victims of the first phase related to the 2005 events in Atakpamé. The compensated victims come from the prefectures of Ogou, Amou, Wawa, and Akébou. For this area of the Plateaux region, 759 victims were expected, and 530 responded. A month earlier, the HCRRUN team was […]

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While awaiting victims from Akébou, Amou, and Wawa, HCRRUN calls on late registrants from Ogou

The second week of compensation in Atakpamé will primarily concern victims from the prefectures of Akébou, Amou, and Wawa, according to a communiqué published by HCRRUN this Monday, May 14, 2018. Meanwhile, the institution informs late victims from the Ogou prefecture that they still have until Tuesday, May 15, to receive their compensation.  

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Second Week of Compensation for Non-Vulnerable Victims in Atakpamé

The HCRRUN is continuing the compensation of non-vulnerable victims from the Plateaux-Est region in Atakpamé this week from May 14 to 18, 2018. After a first week devoted primarily to victims from the Ogou prefecture, the work of this new week will be dedicated to victims from the Akébou, Amou, and Wawa prefectures. Latecomers from […]

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The HCRRUN provides relief to non-vulnerable victims in Atakpamé and its surroundings

Nearly a thousand victims are expected for this first wave of compensation for non-vulnerable victims, which opened this morning at the social affairs office in Atakpamé, covering the prefectures of Ogou, Amou, Wawa, and Akébou. Of all the localities that experienced socio-political unrest in Togo, Atakpamé was one of the epicenters of violence in 2005. […]

Transitional Justice in Africa: HCRRUN Takes Part in Continental Dynamics in Accra

HCRRUN says STOP to voter cards

“Voter cards are no longer accepted for the upcoming compensation sessions, which will take place from July 2018 onwards“, this is what emerges from a press release published mid-last week by HCRRUN. Through this press release, HCRRUN informs eligible victims that compensation payments by cheque that are due to them will henceforth be made upon […]

Transitional Justice in Africa: HCRRUN Takes Part in Continental Dynamics in Accra

Large turnout of victims from Anié and Elavagnon for their compensation

The forecourt of the Anié Prefecture offices proved too small to accommodate the population of Anié and Est-Mono mobilised to attend the compensation operations this Thursday, 19 April 2018. Even though not all had given testimony to the CVJR or had their names on this first list published by the HCRRUN, these onlookers wanted at […]

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137 victims to be compensated in Haho and Moyen-Mono

HCRRUN teams are in the prefectures of Haho and Moyen-Mono this Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18, 2018, to compensate non-vulnerable victims of the 2005 events in these localities. A total of 137 victims are expected, with 41 in Notsé and 96 in Tohoun, for their compensation. At the opening of operations in Tohoun, […]

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Compensation: End of the Plateaux-Ouest phase, focus on the first part of Plateaux-Est

126 victims out of 157 for the prefectures of Kloto, Kpélé and Agou and 146 out of 153 for the prefecture of Dayes. This is the provisional report of the compensation operations for non-vulnerable victims of 2005 by HCRRUN in the Plateaux-Ouest region. From the 9th to the 12th in Kpalimé and from the 11th […]

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Start of compensation for non-vulnerable victims of 2005 this Monday in Kpalimé

The High Commissioner for Reconciliation and Strengthening National Unity (HCRRUN) has set up operations since this Monday, April 9, 2018, in Kpalimé for the compensation of non-vulnerable victims of 2005 from the Kloto, Agou, and Kpélé prefectures. The team will continue this compensation process in the region, specifically in Dayes, starting Wednesday, April 11. Approximately […]

Transitional Justice in Africa: HCRRUN Takes Part in Continental Dynamics in Accra