Posted by Razzan Ghazzawi to Global Voices Online The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) announced that a massacre had occurred on July 5 at the Sadnaya military prison, west Damascus. At least 25 detainees had been killed by the Syrian police, according to SHREC that received phone calls from inside the prison during the massacre. […]
Colombia Hostage Rescue Raises Concerns
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online The rescue was dubbed as “perfect” by liberated former Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued by the Colombian army on Wednesday July 2nd along with 14 other hostages being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for up to 10 years in […]
Acid violence is damaging the nerve of women…………….
Acid violence is becoming a very worse practice in Bangladesh while a millions of women are under threat of being a victim of it. It is creating a lot of crime in every society of this country especially in the villages where girls are incredibly denied about their rights. Acid violence makes a lot of […]
Condoleeza Rice in Lebanon, Local Reaction Mixed
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced, five-hour visit to Lebanon on Monday, June 16. She declared her government’s support for the newly elected Lebanese president, as well as for the Lebanese government, the parliament’s speaker and the democratic system in the country. Rice last visited Lebanon during the devastating 2006 Israel-Lebanon war […]
Families of MDC Members Marked For Brutal Executions in Zimbabwe
It has been evident that the time between the elections in March and the runoff election scheduled for June 27 that members and supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Party have been marked for kidnappings, beatings, and killings. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said that he refused to cede power to opposition candidate […]
Sahar al-Haideri Wins Amnesty Award
Iraqi journalist and former IWPR trainee Sahar al-Haideri, who was murdered by gunmen in her home town of Mosul on June 7, 2007, has been honoured in the Amnesty International Media Awards 2008. Her story, “Honour Killing” Sparks Fears of New Iraqi Conflict, published by IWPR in May 2007, about the brutal murder of a […]
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