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19 Reasons Why Russia Must Speak Out Against Syria Atrocities
A top Russian official made the following statement today: Russia enjoys good and strong military technical cooperation with Syria, and we see no reason today to reconsider it—Deputy Defense Minister...
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Child Soldiers, Rape, Displacement: Is Mali A Forgotten Crisis?
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali © Amnesty International I am sure that many of you have recently heard or read about the armed conflicts and...
View ArticleDesperate Reprisals: Documenting the Syrian Regime’s Abuses
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-yZUsI3a1c&version=3&hl=en_US] The Assad regime in Syria has done everything it can to prevent the world from knowing what it is doing to its people:...
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Aleppo: Why We Should Be Alarmed
Syrian men look at a destroyed Syrian army tank parked outside the Azaz mosque, north of the restive city of Aleppo, on August 2, 2012. (c) AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/GettyImages News reports coming out of...
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“I Never Thought It Was The Last Time I Would See My Family”
Ahmad Kayali was killed along with this mother, two sisters, uncle and cousin when his home in Aleppo was destroyed by an airstrike by the Syrian army. “When I went to work, I never thought that it was...
View ArticleI Refuse To Forget You: Supporting The World’s Disappeared
Enforced disappearances – the practice by states or governments to detain (or worse) citizens and keep their families in the dark about their fate – have been a human rights problem in Syria for...
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Justice For Syria: How Satellites Can Help
Suspected attack helicopters at Aleppo airport. (c) 2012 GeoEye, produced by AAAS Newly released satellite images of Aleppo show a highly militarized city, with dozens of roadblocks throughout the city...
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Mali: Alarming New Reports Of Amputations And Child Soldiers
Armed conflict and political instability led to a human rights and humanitarian crisis A few months ago, I blogged about the forgotten human rights crisis in Mali, where armed conflict and political...
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Snapshot Of The Surging Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Hundreds of homes were destroyed in the city of Kyaukphyu, Rakhine state. This Digital Globe satellite image from October 25th captures the aftermath. (c) DigitalGlobe 2012 In the Rakhine state (also...
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Fleeing Syria: Entire Towns Empty As Refugee Crisis Grows
The UN is expecting up to one million Syrian refugees by mid 2013. Click to explore full map. Faced with shelling and shortages of food, water and fuel, civilians have fled their homes, becoming...
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Far From New, Far From Over: The Crisis in Mali
France has deployed some 550 soldiers to Mali© Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty (For a helpful cheat sheet of armed groups in the north of Mali, see the end of this post.) The notion that Mali faces crisis is...
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UN Alarmed Over Syrian Humanitarian Funding Shortfall
Humanitarian Aid for Syria. Click to explore interactive map. Ahead of a crucial donors conference for Syria tomorrow, UN officials are warning of a funding shortfall that severely might affect the...
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Mali Intervention Called a Success…Corpses of Civilians Poisoning Wells.
Idrissa Maiga, a Malian farmer, prays among the graves of his wife and three of his children in a cemetery behind the Konna school on January 27, 2013 who were reportedly killed by French army air...
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Twitter to the Rescue? How Social Media is Transforming Human Rights Monitoring
Syrian youths, inside a vehicle, film a protest against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with their phones in the northern city of Aleppo on October 12, 2012. (Photo: TAUSEEF...
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Inside Syria: Documenting The War On Civilians
Citizen video coming out of Syria continues to uncover abuses that would otherwise go unnoticed (Photo Credit: ZAC BAILLIE/AFP/Getty Images) As the Syrian crisis hits its two-year mark, the toll on...
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Joseph Kony Was Here
Satellite image of likely LRA camp in Kafia Kingi. Click to see full image . (Photo Credit: Digitial Globe 2013). Now where will the US go on the ICC? While international justice has seen many...
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