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Sri Lanka: Stop the bloodbath

12 May

Posted by Jim as Human Rights, Human Rights Video

In Sri Lanka, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says government security forces continue operations in the conflict zone. Intense fighting has been reported over the weekend with a heavy toll on civilians, resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives and more injuries.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon is [...]

Tags: Sri Lanka, War, War Crimes

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Israel: Do Israeli Political and Military leaders have immunity from prosecution for war crimes and abusing human rights?

07 Jan

Posted by Jim as Human Rights

Little has been done by the UN and UN member states since the UNGA President release his strongly worded statement (below this) against the Israeli bombardment hitting the civilian population of Gaza.
By the time the UN applies any effective pressure on Israel to cease and desist, the civilian population of Gaza will have endured [...]

Tags: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, UN, War Crimes

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DR Congo: Protect Civilians From Brutal Rebel Attacks

13 Nov

Posted by Otto as Human Rights, Human Rights Video

Killings, Abductions, and Pillaging by Lord’s Resistance Army Continue
The UN Security Council should urgently increase the number of peacekeepers to help protect civilians in northern Democratic Republic of Congo following renewed attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), four international and national human rights organizations said today.
Human Rights Watch, Enough, Resolve Uganda, and the Justice [...]

Tags: DR Congo, ICC, Uganda, UN, War Crimes

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Video: ‘war on terror’ torture practices

26 Apr

Posted by Jim as Human Rights Video

‘The Stuff of Life’ exposes the reality of the ‘waterboarding’ torture technique. The CIA uses waterboarding to try to extract information from detainees in the ‘war on terror’. President George Bush thinks it is a ‘necessary tool’. We think it’s torture and as such an abuse of human rights.

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Tags: USA, War, War Crimes

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Hundreds abducted in Central Africa

22 Apr

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in recent weeks.
The abductions took place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Southern Sudan while the [...]

Tags: Central Africa, ICC, War Crimes

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