PBS Newshour
- Dec 18, 2017
Yazidi women struggle to return to daily life after enduring Islamic State brutality
Yazidi women, who were sold as sex slaves by Islamic State militants, are now returning to their families from formerly ISIS-controlled...
Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
- Dec 15, 2017
NICHOLAS KRISTOF: Is This Genocide?
“Ethnic cleansing” and even “genocide” are antiseptic and abstract terms. What they mean in the flesh is a soldier grabbing a crying baby...
Human Rights Watch
- Dec 14, 2017
Sexual Violence Marred Elections
Widespread sexual violence marred Kenya’s 2017 elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Kenyan government...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage | IPS News
- Dec 12, 2017
A Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh. Credit: UNHCR/Roger...
Kristen Gelinau | The Globe and Mail
- Dec 11, 2017
Myanmar military’s rape of Rohingya sweeping, methodical
The soldiers arrived, as they often did, long after sunset. It was June, and the newlyweds were asleep in their home, surrounded by the...
David Sim | IB Times
- Dec 11, 2017
Rohingya rape survivors' harrowing stories of abuse at the hands of the Myanmar military.
The UN's Human Rights Council says it is "very likely" Myanmar's Rohingya minority has faced crimes against humanity and possibly...