Detecting mass burial sites in Tigray
Very high resolution satellite image tile of the Miriam Shiweto Church area. Credit: Maxar.Professor Jamon Van Den Hoek and I collaborated with the Washington Post to analyze changes in near infrared reflectance in very high resolution satellite imagery following allegations of a massacre of civilians in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. One of the sites that we identified was confirmed by a correspondent in the region as the location of new graves for civilians who were allegedly killed by Ethiopian forces. Read the full Washington Post story here.
