Burma: Rohingya Recount Killings, Rape, and Arson (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) -The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands more, Human...
View ArticleKilling Without Consequence
Summary It is not surprising that violence continues because the message is clear: you can kill without consequence. – Human rights activist, Bangui, June 17, 2016. This report documents war crimes and...
View ArticleVoices from the heartland: Fear and hope in a city where Syrians settled
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)The small white building is inconspicuous except for its shuttered windows adorned with painted mint-green domes. A silver crescent catches the sun above the door as men with...
View ArticleKenosha man charged with killing estranged wife in Illinois
By Breann Schossow A Kenosha man was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after being arrested in connection with the killing of his estranged wife in Illinois. David M. Brocksom, 43, appeared...
View ArticleMyanmar says Rohingya rape and abuse allegations “made-up”, despite mounting...
One by one, seven Myanmar soldiers raped Yasmin in her home, as she stifled her screams for fear of being murdered. Sixteen days ago, the military attacked Mukhtar’s village, and now the elderly man...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS...
16 June 2017 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights situations requiring the Council's attention. In the discussion, speakers drew the Council's attention to...
View ArticleISIS goes global: Mapping 50 ISIS attacks that kill 1,100 in 18 countries
(CNN)When a married couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, they committed the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. The assault also underscored an...
View ArticleISIS goes global: Mapping 50 attacks in 18 countries that killed 1,100 people
(CNN)When a married couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, they committed the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. The assault also underscored an...
View ArticleDemonetisation, surgical strike, Jaya’s death made headlines in 2016
New Delhi: Demonetisation, attack on Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, imposition of liquor ban in Bihar, fire in Puttingal temple in Kerala, the terrorist attack in Uri and Manipur activist Irom...
View ArticleBurma: Rohingya Recount Killings, Rape, and Arson
(New York) – The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands more, Human Rights Watch said today. Refugees...
View ArticleBSF jawans in row over death of 3 tribals in Tripura
An inquiry was today ordered by the BSF after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation bid by some paramilitary...
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