Burma (Myanmar) – UNICEF has begun distributing emergency supplies such as medicines, clothing, cooking utensils and water purification tablets in Myanmar in the wake of flooding that has struck the country. Media reports say thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods, which come two weeks after the start of the annual monsoon […]
Brothers and Sisters All Love Our World “Many holding hands represent people from different races, countries, and cultures bringing their love and care to each other. There is no boundary between them. They sing a song for peace and friendship as they share their knowledge and happiness. A world full of joy and harmony is […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of terrorism suspects, has issued new rules to ensure that detention and interrogation by the CIA comply with the Geneva Conventions’ ban on torture. An executive order from Bush set out how to deal with detainees and gives interrogators from the U.S. […]
Sierra Leone jails militiamen: (Reuters) Three militiamen were sentenced to decades long prison sentences for human rights violations committed during the civil war that spanned from 1991 – 2002 in Sierra Leone. The U.N. backed Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted the men for “some of the most heinous, brutal and atrocious crimes ever recorded.” […]
The oldest conflict in Africa has taken more than 30,000 children as child soldiers, many others used as sex slaves, almost all have been abducted from their families. All 30,000 plus children, some as young as eight, have suffered in the violent hands of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), in northern Uganda. According to the […]
On November 19, 2005, a Marine unit encountered a roadside bomb, killing one U.S. soldier. Following the event, Marine squads underwent a house to house search for insurgents. Instead, the Marines allegedly killed several Iraqi civilians, including woman and children – some of which were in their beds. Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum is undergoing […]
Kosovar Albanian charged in Serbia: (AP) Sinan Morina, an ethnic Albanian, was charged with “expulsion, imprisonment, torture, rape and killing of eight Serb civilians” by Serbian prosecutors in Belgrade today. Morina is alleged to have abducted the Serbian civilians from their village, executed them, and deposited their bodies in a cave. The victims were either […]
Japan is expected to ratify the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ratification with the United Nations coincides with World Justice Day, marking the anniversary of the opening of the Rome treaty on July 17, 1998. Japan will also become the Courts largest donor by contributing 19 percent of its annual […]
Serge Brammertz, the Belgian prosecutor heading the UN investigation into political murders in Lebanon, released new information to the UN in his eighth report last week. Focusing on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, the report highlights the role of 22 individuals, cell phones used to track his movements, and possible motives […]
Nigerian Militants (Photo from AFP file) Only days after the release of a 3-year-old British girl kidnapped in Nigeria, another child was kidnapped. The Nigerian kidnappers demand $78,600 for 3-year-old , the child a boy was taken on Thursday, July 12. Thankfully the boy was released the following day, unharmed, thanks to the payment of […]
In the Republic of Congo the ministry of health has been successful in vaccinating 400,000 children under the age of five against polio. The campaign, is to help in preventing the spread of polio from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and vaccinations took place in the administrative departments of Brazzaville, Pool in the south, Plateaux […]
You are only one person, as am I, but one person can do a great deal for humanity. Big or small we all have a voice, and we must use are voice whenever we can, and trust that we will be heard. Look back at history to see those who have not only changed and […]
The war in Bosnia began in March 1992 and did not end until November 1995, the worst tragedy of the Bosnian war was the three day massacre in the city of Srebrinca, in eastern Bosnia, from July 11 -14, 1995. In April 1993, the United Nations declared Srebrenica a UN safe area, and it was […]
Warning: This post contains offensive language. Today marks the 12th anniversary of the massacre in Srebernica. In July 1995, in the United Nations mandated "safe area' of Srebrenica, Serbian forces summarily executed some 8,000 Bosnian men. The forces of the Army of Republika Srpska, led by General Ratko Mladic (still at large in Bosnia for […]
Julianne Duncan is the Associate Director for Children's Services, with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services. This Q&A is to follow-up with yesterdays posting, and bring you more from my interview with Ms. Duncan. If you have not read yesterdays post, please do so, Ms. Duncan has a great deal […]