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{* #signInForm *} {* signInEmailAddress *} {* currentPassword *} {* /signInForm *} Sidibouzid Report. They shoot donkeys, don't they? Over the last six months, I've watched countless gory videos of Arab protesters (and sometimes children) who have been beaten to death, shot in the head, run over with tanks, or otherwise brutalized by their own governments. And yet, for reasons that I can't quite fathom, few scenes have disturbed me as much as this one, said to be of Syrian soldiers gunning down a group of donkeys in cold blood: Syrians on Twitter tell me that the reason for this seemingly senseless slaughter is to punish villagers for supporting the protest movement by taking away their means of survival. If so, it's a particularly nasty form of collective punishment -- gunning down a bunch of innocent, helpless animals. The Syrian revolution has been going through a rough patch lately, with little fresh movement to isolate Bashar al-Assad's regime and what look to be smaller protests inside the country.
Libya: Stop Arbitrary Arrests of Black Africans. (Tripoli) – The de facto authorities in Tripoli, the National Transitional Council (NTC), should stop the arbitrary arrests and abuse of African migrant workers and black Libyans assumed to be mercenaries, Human Rights Watch said today.
They should release those detained as mercenaries solely due to their dark skin color, Human Rights Watch said, and provide prompt judicial review to any for whom there is evidence of criminal activity. Al-Shabab radio contest awards guns to kids in Somalia - GlobalPost. A radio station run by al-Shabab in Somalia recently held a Koran-reciting and general knowledge contest for children.
First prize? An AK-47 and the equivalent of $700. The BBC reports that Andulus radio, based near Mogadishu, chose four children between the ages of 10 and 17 from each district in the competition, which was held during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended in August. The second place winners received an AK-47 and $500. The third prize group got two hand grenades and $400. Christine Karumba Speaks Against Rape Epidemic in Congo.
Washington DC — Girls as young as three and women as old as seventy-five have been raped and mutilated in Eastern Congo.
“Women are dying two types of death,” says Christine Karumba, Country Director, Women for Women International – DRC. “The two types of deathare the physical and the emotional death. Call to limit 'trivial' human rights cases. 8 September 2011Last updated at 19:41.
Global Summit: Ngawang Sangdrol speaks about Tibet. Iran Human Rights Documentation Center - IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Human Rights Watch: US: Don't Finance Child Soldiers. (New York) – The US government should reverse its decision to continue military assistance to governments using child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today.
On October 4, 2011, the Obama administration announced waivers to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, allowing military assistance to Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Yemen despite the continued use of children in their armed forces. “Countries that keep using child soldiers aren’t going to get serious about ending the practice until they see the US is serious about withholding the money,” said Jo Becker, child rights advocate at Human Rights Watch. “These military aid waivers show a lack of leadership and a disregard for US law.” The US Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 prohibits the US government from providing US foreign military financing, military training, and several other categories of US military assistance to governments using child soldiers. The Child Soldiers Prevention Act went into effect in 2010. Marange diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered. Remembering 600 murdered and missing Aboriginal women.
Human Rights Petition: End Human Rights Violations by UN Troops (MINUSTAH) in Haiti. Suspect in Sulu beheadings, kidnapping falls » Nation » News. On the biometrics voter registration in Sierra Leone - The Patriotic Vanguard. - Sunday 2 October 2011.
UN Security Council: Stop Bickering And Vote For Human Rights In Syria. Will member states of the United Nations Security Council finally stop their bickering and start supporting the human rights of the Syrian people?
We might find out over the next 24 to 48 hours, as European member states circulated a new draft resolution to be voted on shortly. The new resolution was naturally watered down to appease opposition from Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, who so far have opposed tough actions against the regime in Syria. Corruption on Trial? Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails « Solitary Watch. @Carl I am glad you mentioned how neglect can and is abusive.
Here are few stories of abuse I or others I know encountered in L.A. Deep flaws in the UN's Mavi Marmara report. When the UN Secretary General announced on August 2, 2010 that a panel of inquiry had been established to investigate the May 31, 2010 Israeli attacks on the Mavi Marmara and five other ships carrying humanitarian aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza, there was widespread hope that international law would be vindicated and the Israelis would finally be held accountable.
With the release of the report this past week, these hopes have been largely dashed: The report failed to address the central international law issues in a credible and satisfactory manner. Woman begs for captors to kill her in rape video shocking Nigeria. Woman cries several times, assailants just laughActivists claim case highlights under-reported epidemic By Mail Foreign Service Updated: 18:29 GMT, 21 September 2011. OPT: Growing Palestinian displacement in West Bank Area C. Children of the Saed family playing in Khallet Zakariya near the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut RAMALLAH, 17 August 2011 (IRIN) - Each year, hundreds of Palestinians in Area C have their homes demolished by the Israeli authorities because they are unable to obtain permits for their buildings, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Area C covers 60 percent of the West Bank with a Palestinian population of about 150,000.
Israel retains military authority and full control over building and planning in Area C: as much as 70 percent of it is inaccessible to Palestinians, classified as Israeli settlement areas, firing zones, or nature reserves. UK condemns killing of protestors in Yemen. Lives Like Garbage: Children with Birth Defects Abandoned. Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse. Netherlands: Refugees compete on reality TV show.