A New Generation of Human Rights Investigators Turns To High-tech Methods
Humanitarian crises like those in Syria’s Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring...
Cat Wise | PBS
Feb 14, 2017
Breaking Aleppo
After nearly five years of bitter fighting, bombardment, and siege, the Bashar al-Assad regime, Iran, and Russia finally broke Aleppo on...
Atlantic Council
Feb 13, 2017
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo
Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final month of the...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 13, 2017
Report Rebuts Russia’s Claims of Restraint in Syrian Bombing Campaign
By Michael R. Gordon Russian military officials have vociferously denied that their airstrikes have killed civilians in Syria, going so...
New York Times 1
Feb 12, 2017
Amnesty Report Accuses Syria of Executing Thousands Since War Began
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Damascus last month. He has denied accusations of abuses in Syrian prisons. CreditSyrian Arab News...
New York Times 1
Feb 9, 2017
13,000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says
By Joshua Berlinger and Lauren Said-Moorhouse (CNN)-Thousands of people have been hanged at a Syrian prison in a secret crackdown on...
CNN 1
Feb 7, 2017
Syria: Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya Prison
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass...
Amnesty International
Feb 7, 2017
Syria has secretly executed thousands of political prisoners, rights group says
Sednaya prison outside the Syrian capital Damascus where thousands were secretly executed, according to a report by Amnesty...
Washington Post
Feb 6, 2017
Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders
Bulgarian border police stand near a barbed wire fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border on July 17, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Bulgarian law...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 20, 2017
Iraq: IS/Daesh booby-trapped toys to stop Christians returning
Iraqi Christian shows statue decapitated by IS in Mar Addai Church, Karemlash, northern Iraq © ACN Extremists driven out of Iraq's the...
Murcadha O Flaherty & Mónica Zorita | ACN UK
Jan 12, 2017
U.S. Helsinki Commission Press Release: SMITH AND ESHOO REINTRODUCE EMERGENCY BILL TO HELP GENOCIDE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE || January 10, 2017 Smith-Eshoo Bill Will Provide Emergency Relief to Christians and Other Religious Minorities Who...
Press Release | The Commission on Security and
Jan 10, 2017
Foreign Policy: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2017
The world is entering its most dangerous chapter in decades. The sharp uptick in war over recent years is outstripping our ability to...
Foreign Policy
Jan 8, 2017
