Iran's Press TV reports “Chemical Ali” suffered a heart attack and was presumably returned to U.S. custody? Or am I reading into this. Says he was returned to a U.S. detention facility, but reading between the lines would lead you to believe he was NOT in a U.S. detention facility when he had the heart […]
Global Action Week is taking place from 21-27 April 2008 on the theme of "Quality Education to End Exclusion", a top EFA priority. UNESCO is organizing activities world-wide to highlight the issues of quality and inclusion according to the local context. The highlight of the week is that Fifteen countries have joined together to plan the […]
From EU Business.com. Seems the EU is on the hunt for information relating to the elusive Radovan Karadzic. Maybe he's having lunch with Osama bin Laden somewhere. 22 April 2008, 11:17 CET (SARAJEVO) – NATO-backed forces of the European Union said they conducted a raid Tuesday on the home of a Bosnian […]
Today April 22, 2008 is Earth Day and it's not only a day to remember to recycle and take a day off from the car, but a day to teach children about protecting their future…a day to learn how to safeguard their future. This year children across the United States had a chance to share […]
Jacques Verges, the lawyer for notorious assassin Carlos the Jackal, arrived in Cambodia to defend Khieu Samphan, the former head of state of the Cambodia Khmer Rouge at the war crimes tribunal there. Khieu was a prominent communist thinker prior to entering the political scene to force a eugenic campaign in Cambodia following the coup […]
In the Online Africa Policy Forum, the NGO Women for Women International explains why ending sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should be a global priority. Patricia Morris, the Director of Program Development for the NGO, went on to explain not only the horrors of gender based violence in times of conflict, […]
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." – Shel Silverstein Photo: Danny Wilcox Frazier “Dreaming”, Conesville, Iowa. Dream child dream…dream big, dream loud, dream proud…never, ever stop […]
Prosecutors for the U.S. government amended the charges against Khalid Sheik Mohommed and five other suspects linked to the Sept. 11 attacks. Senior Pentagon officials announced the amended charges “clarified” the activities of the Guantanamo Bay detainees, including KSM, in planning the attacks. They U.S. says KSM and his co-conspirators, including Ramzi bin Alshid “did, […]
The incoming chief war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations, Serge Brammertz, said Thursday Serbia could do a lot better with its cooperation with the Hague, specifically in bringing war crimes suspects before the court. “I particularly insisted on the search for and arrest of the remaining fugitives,” he said. “It is crucial that they […]
Earlier this month in a recent op-ed for the Washington post, Council on Foreign Affairs writer Michael J. Gerson asked, “What does rule of law can mean for women and children in Africa?” His answer, Justice for the Poorest . is what the International Justice Mission (IJM) hopes and works for. 'the founder of IJM, […]
For women in northern Uganda, family planning services elusive, even impossible. Getting access to contraceptives and other family planning services can be difficult for most African women, but in war-torn northern Uganda it is nearly impossible, IPS reports. Women face widespread sexual abuse in this region long haunted by brutal rebel forces, and in the […]
Carla Del Ponte, the former chief prosecutor at the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, says in her new book that ethnic Serbs were taken from their homes and swifted to Albania to harvest and sell their organs. Among the allegations are testimony from the book's co-author, Chuck Sudetic, that evidence found in one […]
Women and girls in Sudan's war torn Darfur region continually face rape and sexual assault, despite increased international awareness in the five years since the start of the conflict. Human Rights Watch calls on government to end sexual violence in Darfur, as neither the Sudanese security forces nor international peacekeepers are doing enough to protect […]
Last week a ground braking and historic story broke to international media, the story was Hadijatou Mani legal fight against the African state of Niger. Hadijatou Mani, a former slave who is suing the state of Niger in a landmark legal challenge, claiming that the country failed to protect her from being sold into a […]
It is fitting that V-Day Fall's in April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, “V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence […]