Germany appoints commission to re-appraise 1972 Munich Olympics attack
Berlin, Germany Reuters Germany has appointed an eight-person commission to re-appraise the attack on Israeli athletes and team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics to answer unresolved questions, said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in a statement on Friday. Wreaths are placed during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli […]
Portugal panel gathers over 400 testimonies of church sex abuse victims
Lisbon, PortugalReuters A commission investigating child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday it has already gathered more than 400 testimonies of alleged victims but admitted the number of actual cases was “much higher”. The Portuguese commission started its work in January after a report in France revealed around 3,000 priests and […]
Updated: French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds
Updated 7.30am, 6th October, 2021Paris, FranceReuters French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long. The church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference for years,” protecting […]
“I want to bury him”: Lebanon hopes for closure with law to find war missing
Thomson Reuters Foundation After more than 40 years of agony, families of thousands of Lebanese who disappeared during its civil war said a landmark law to investigate their fate could bring “closure”. Lawmakers this week voted to set up a commission to find out what happened to those who went missing during the 1975-1990 war, […]