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UN report highlights Congo's continuing rape crisis

Goma - A new report by United Nations human rights inspectors says Congolese troops carried out systematic rapes of women and girls numbering nearly 200 toward the end of last year.

In the Media by Robert Myles - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Exposing the real Free Syrian Army

Damascus - Throughout the two year civil war that has raged unabated in Syria, the Obama administration has tried very hard to portray the Free Syrian Army as a revolutionary force of freedom and democracy. However, the actual truth is much more frightening.

In the Media by Pierre Waithe - 2 comments

UN says both sides have committed war crimes in Syria's civil war

Both government forces and armed rebels in Syria's war are committing war crimes, including killings and torture, spreading terror among civilians in a nearly two-year-old conflict.

In the Media by Eko Armunanto

Op-Ed: 54 countries complicit in US rendition programs

After the 9/11 attacks, the CIA ran an extraordinary rendition program that shipped terror suspects to different countries where they were interrogated and often tortured.

In the Media by Ken Hanly - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile to worsen

The Sudanese Defense Minister announced that more troops wouls be sent to Sudan’s South Kordofan state, after rebels from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) claimed on Friday to have killed 21 government soldiers last week.

In the Media by Raluca Besliu

Op-Ed: Israel targets media in Gaza injuring several journalists

Gaza - The Israeli military extended its range of targets in Gaza Strip to include media operations and buildings used by Hamas but also foreign media outlets. At least six journalists have been wounded according to a health ministry spokesperson.

In the Media by Ken Hanly - 8 comments

Ex-Hungarian Communist government minister held for war crimes

Budapest - One of the highest-ranking Communist war criminals to be detained has been placed under house arrest in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, on suspicion of violating the rules and customs of war, an arrest that has waited 18 years.

In the Media by Christopher Szabo - 2 comments

Tutu says 'playground bullies' should face trial at Hague

London - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu has called for former prime minister Tony Blair and former president George W Bush to face trial at The Hague International Criminal Court for their roles in the Iraq war, a war he says was based on lies.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 17 comments

Nazi suspect Charles Zentai wins Australia extradition case

Charles Zentai, 90, a suspected Nazi war criminal, has won his battle against the Australian government's attempts to extradite him to Hungary.

In the Media by Layne Weiss - 6 comments

Former Liberian Pres. Charles Taylor imprisoned for war crimes

Leidschendam - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday for war crimes he committed by arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in exchange for "blood diamonds."

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 2 comments

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A ten year-old child soldier of the Free Syrian Army has an emotional breakdown after witnessing the death of a fellow rebel during fighting in Krak des Chevaliers, a suburb of the Syrian city of Homs.

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