

Myanmar Armed Forces Blacklisted By UN For Committing Sexual Violence Against Rohingya
By Joanne Lu For the first time ever, the UN secretary-general is including Myanmar Armed Forces on an annual blacklist of groups that...
United Nations
Apr 17, 2018


History of Wartime 'Rape Camp' in Bosnia Wiped from Town's Collective Memory
VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- About a 5-minute drive from the center of this town in Bosnia and Herzegovina's northeast is the hotel...
Koji Miki | The Mainichi
Apr 11, 2018


Women in Serb-Controlled Region of Bosnia Still Await Compensation for Wartime Abuse
TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The third collection letter demanding that 64-year-old Semka Agic pay 3,000 convertible marks (roughly...
Koji Miki | The Mainichi
Apr 10, 2018


For Women Raped During Bosnian War, Still no End to Pain 25 years Later
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- While nearly 20 years has passed since the end of the Bosnian War following the breakup of Yugoslavia,...
Koji Miki | The Mainichi
Apr 9, 2018


A Hidden Face of War
By Isabelle Arradon A few years ago, a woman in her sixties outside Banda Aceh in Indonesia told me about the rape and other torture she...
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 7, 2018


UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict calls for end to ‘culture of denial’ in Sud
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, has called for an end to the ‘culture...
Radio Dabanga
Mar 1, 2018


Winning the Post-ISIS Battle for Iraq in Sinjar
What’s new? The Islamic State (ISIS) is defeated in Iraq, and its genocidal campaign against the Yazidis in Sinjar has ended. But...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 20, 2018


A Grim History in the Making: Sudan News and Commentary, January 28 – February 4, 2018
Herewith I’ve provided news and commentary on events throughout Sudan for the past week. January/February 2018 is likely to be recorded...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Feb 4, 2018


‘There’s no personal freedom in Sudan,’ says rights lawyer
In December 2016 Tasneem El-Zaki was arrested and put into isolation in a Sudanese prison for three months. The human rights lawyer was...
Sorcha Pollak | Irish Times
Feb 1, 2018


Unrelenting Violence in Darfur: Recent Reporting by Radio Dabanga
Violence, especially sexual violence against girls and women, remains unchecked in Darfur; violence associated with the ruthless Rapid...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Jan 6, 2018


Court fees and fear: Bosnia war rape victims struggle
Two decades have passed since the war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Selma - not her real name - still lives in fear. She is a...
Al Jazeera
Dec 29, 2017


Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly refused to engage in discussion about sexual violence against Rohingya w
Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counselor of Myanmar, refused to earnestly discuss reports of Rohingya women and girls being systematically...
Genocide Watch
Dec 27, 2017