Youri van der Weide

Youri van der Weide is an open source researcher and trainer for Bellingcat.

He has worked on a wide variety of topics including human rights abuses in Africa, migration in the Eastern Mediterranean, arms exports by EU countries, and research into new open source research tools and methods.

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18/09/2023

Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr.,commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, (left) speaks with retired Israeli Col. Avi Sivan, military technical advisor to the president of the republic Republic of Cameroon, (right) during a tour of Cameroon Navy special operations unit Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide training facilities following the annual BIR graduation ceremony.

How Israeli mercenaries trained the Cameroonian army

YAOUNDE - Over the past decades, a handful of Israelis have overseen and trained elite units of the Cameroonian army. Their paid services brought them millions of dollars, which they invested around the world. Meanwhile, the army unit they've trained, the BIR, has committed extensive human rights violations.

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