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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
What international law says about Trump's threats to bomb Iran's bridges and power plants
For perspective on President Trump’s talk about bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants and whether that's legal under international law, Geoff Bennett spoke with retired Lieutenant Colonel Rachel VanLandingham. She spent 20 years in the Air Force and is now a professor at Southwestern Law School. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 1. Photo by Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters Amna Nawaz: Fo
Myanmar expels Timor-Leste's representative over war crimes case
The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) said this month Timor-Leste had opened its own case against the junta for both war crimes and crimes against humanity. A file photo of a group of women holding torches as they protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar July 14, 2021 (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer) YANGON: Myanmar's junta on Sunday (Feb 15) announced the ejection of Timor-Leste's top representative in the country, after a rights group said Dili had opened a legal c
“Intent to Destroy”: Reflections on the Swedish Yazidi Genocide Case
Written by Paola Gaeta Photo credit: https://www.ejiltalk.org/intent-to-destroy-reflections-on-the-swedish-yazidi-genocide-case/ Reading the Swedish judgments in the Lina Ishaq case is an unsettling experience. The description of the atrocities inflicted on the Yazidi community by ISIS is presented with a level of factual precision that leaves little space for abstraction. The Stockholm District Court ’s account of the attacks on Sinjar and the subsequent treatment of Yazidi
US-Israeli backed Gaza aid group must be shut down, say 170 charities
(Photo via Reuters) More than 170 charities and other NGOs are calling for the controversial aid distribution scheme in Gaza run by the...
Israeli military investigates 'reports of harm to civilians' after hundreds killed near Gaza aid sites
(Photo via BBC) The Israeli military has said it is examining reports of civilians being "harmed" while approaching aid distribution...
Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres: All you need to know
Hundreds killed seeking aid in Gaza as famine deepens and limited food access leaves hundreds of thousands starving and malnourished....
'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no...
Children killed in 'appalling' Sudan hospital attack - WHO head
Many hospitals in Sudan - like this one in the capital - have been destroyed by the war (AFP via Getty Images) "Another appalling attack"...
U.S. enters Israel's war against Iran
Trump delivers an address to the nation, flanked by Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete...
Trump Call for Evacuation of Tehran—A City of 10 Million—Denounced as 'Terroristic' Threat
"It's like telling the entire country of Sweden to evacuate," said one scholar. A man watches near a highway blocked with traffic amid...
Iraq in the News
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