Essay: Gangs, kidnappings, murders – why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats
In an article first published on The Conversation, RUTH WELLS and MAX WILLIAM LOOMES, of UNSW Sydney, look at why so many Rohingya are fleeing Bangladesh and what Australia, New Zealand and regional partners can do to help them…
Kenya doomsday cult pastor and others will face charges of murder, cruelty and more
Nairobi, Kenya AP Kenya’s top prosecutor on Tuesday ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, cruelty, child torture and other crimes in the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church. The country’s director of public prosecutions, Mulele Ingonga, was responding to pressure from a magistrate in the coastal […]
Canadian Sikhs stage protests against Indian Government over murder
Toronto/Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canadian Sikhs staged small protests outside India’s diplomatic missions on Monday, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there may be a link between New Delhi and the murder of a Sikh separatist advocate in British Columbia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a week ago stood in parliament to say that domestic intelligence […]
Iran violations may amount to crimes against humanity – UN expert
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Iran’s authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, sexual violence and persecution. Iran has been swept by protests since the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, […]
Memphis teen one of two charged in US church leader’s 2022 killing
Memphis, Tennessee, USAP A 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking and fatal shooting of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Memphis, Tennessee, prosecutors said this week. Miguel Andrade, 15, and Eduard Rodriguez-Tabora, 21, were each indicted on charges of first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery in the 18th July, […]
US declares Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine
Munich, GermanyReuters The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday. “In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine we have examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt: these are crimes […]
Death and deforestation: Cocaine trade adds to Amazon’s woes
ANDRE CABETTE FABIO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips have stoked concern in Brazil about links between drugs smugglers and environmental crime…
UN investigates reports of migrant mass graves in Libya
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UN investigators are seeking to verify reports of mass graves thought to contain the corpses of migrants at a trafficking hub in Libya, they said in a report on Monday that also documented incidents of rape, murder and torture. Libya is a major transit point for Africans seeking to make the perilous journey […]
Violence against Brazil’s Indigenous people rose last year, report finds
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Violence against Brazil’s Indigenous people increased last year as land disputes and invasions of their reservations rose and the government failed to provide protection, the Catholic Church’s Indigenous Missionary Council said on Thursday. Its annual report on violence against the descendents of Brazil’s original inhabitants said there were 182 murders of Indigenous people […]
After 34 years, Sankara murder trial begins in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Reuters The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former President Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was gunned down in one of the most infamous killings in modern African history. Sankara – a charismatic Marxist revolutionary widely known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” – […]