Jaclyn Diaz & Alice Fordham | NPR
- an hour ago
Twin Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Market Kill At Least 32, Wound Over 100
Twin suicide bombings at a Baghdad market killed at least 32 people and injured 110 others on Thursday, according to Iraq's health ministry. Of the injured, 36 are being treated in hospitals. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. Two suicide bombers detonated their vests when security forces pursued them through a busy market off Tayaran Square. Witnesses said the first cried out he was ill, causing a crowd to form around h
Ayaz Gul | VOA
- 5 hours ago
Gunmen Assassinate 2 Female Afghan Judges in Kabul
ISLAMABAD - Officials in Afghanistan said Sunday two female judges working for the Supreme Court were shot dead in the capital, Kabul, the latest victims of targeted killings in recent months. A court spokesman said the slain judges were on their way to work in the morning when unknown assailants ambushed and fired on their official vehicle. The city police confirmed a third female judge and the women’s driver were also wounded in the attack, saying an investigation is underw
UNHCR
- 8 hours ago
Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces 2 million inside their countries
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s Sahel which has now displaced more than two million people within the borders of their countries for the first time ever. The Sahel – which includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger — is home to some of the
BBC News
- 11 hours ago
Central African Republic declares emergency as rebels surround Bangui
The Central African Republic (CAR) has declared a state of emergency as the army and UN forces try to repel advancing rebel groups who want to overthrow the government. Published by BBC News on January 22, 2021. Rwandan troops are among a contingent of peacekeepers deployed to support the government (AFP) The anti-government fighters, who now control two-thirds of the country, have surrounded the capital, Bangui. The UN envoy to CAR has warned the country was "at grave risk."
Gregory Stanton
- 18 hours ago
The "Stolen Election": Trump's Big Lie
The "Stolen Election": Trump's Big Lie By Gregory Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch Genocide Watch was founded in 1999 to predict and prevent genocide. We use a model of how genocide develops to warn about processes that make genocide possible. The Ten Stages (or Processes) of Genocide include: · Classification: "us" versus "them," exclusion from citizenship · Symbolization: IDs, naming, color, language, yellow stars · Discrimination: exclusion from voting, jobs, civi
Amnesty International
- a day ago
Lebanon must end impunity for human rights abuses following UN Human Rights Council review
The government of Lebanon must heed the recommendations of the international community and do much more to fulfil, respect and protect human rights, putting an end to impunity underpinning the drastic erosion of fundamental economic, social and civil rights, Amnesty International said today, following Lebanon’s Universal Periodical Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday 18 January. Forty-seven governments at the UPR Working Group session on Mond
Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service
- a day ago
Salvadoran archbishop refuses to open records on El Mozote massacre
Salvadoran Archbishop José Escobar Alas of San Salvador is pictured in Washington April 13, 2018. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — The head of the Archdiocese of San Salvador refused to allow a judge access to church records on one of the largest modern-day massacres in Latin America, saying in a Jan. 17 news conference that he's simply protecting victims. San Salvador Archbishop José Escobar Alas was heavily criticized for his decision to block access to docum
Patrick Wintour | The Guardian
- 2 days ago
UK free to make trade deals with genocidal regimes after Commons vote
Defeated measure aimed to give high court more power to protect minorities such as China’s Uighurs The government has narrowly defeated a move requiring the government to reconsider any trade deal with a country found by the high court to be committing genocide. The measure, backed by religious groups and a powerful cross-party alliance of MPs, was defeated by 319 to 308. The move giving the domestic courts a new role in determining genocide had been heavily endorsed by the L
BBC News
- 2 days ago
Sudan's Darfur region: 'More than 80 killed' in clashes
The number of people killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Sudan's West Darfur state has risen to 83, a medical body has said. The fighting in the state capital, El Geneina, began on Saturday after a row in which a man was stabbed to death. A state-wide curfew has been imposed and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has sent a delegation to investigate. A conflict in Darfur that began in 2003 forced millions to flee and, despite a peace process, tensions remain. Satu
Human Rights Watch
- 2 days ago
Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory
Baseless Public Health Claims Smokescreen for Persecuting Minority (New York) – Sri Lanka’s requirement to cremate anyone who dies from Covid-19 goes against public health guidance and discriminates against the Muslim community, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s spurious argument that burial in accordance with Islamic tradition poses a public health risk stigmatizes, oppresses, and causes immense distress to a vulnerable minority. The Sri Lankan government of Pr
Reuters
- 2 days ago
Worsening Islamist insurgency drives Mozambique humanitarian crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than half a million people have fled their homes due to an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique, and the violence and humanitarian crisis will worsen without international help, United Nations officials said on Wednesday. “If nothing is done soon, we won’t have only 535,000 displaced people. We won’t have only 2,000 people killed by the conflict, but tens of thousands,” said Valentin Tapsoba, regional director for the United Nations refugee
Nathaniel Hill | Genocide Watch
- 2 days ago
Timestream: Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Genocide Watch staff have published the eleventh Timestream in a series of critical genocides in the world. This Timestream attempts to document the over hundred years-long Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, its atrocities, and its consequences in a holistic and unbiased manner. The conflict is primarily a dispute over the ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh, known to Armenians and "Artsakh" and to Azerbaijanis as "Qarabag". The conflict has permeated all facets of Armenian and Azerbaija
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