Satellite bares scale of N.Korea’s prison camps
"Prison camps in North Korea are a part, a vital part, of this vast infrastructure of repression that the North Korean government has maintained to maintain its control over its population. As far as...
View ArticleYemen parliament votes to ban drone strikes
Yemen's parliament has voted for a ban on drone strikes, but experts say lawmakers have limited powers and their vote is unlikely to impact Washington's bid to crush Al-Qaeda militants. The United...
View ArticleChinese Troops Surround Tibetan Monasteries, Detain Monks in Driru
Chinese security forces have surrounded monasteries with paramilitary police and detained monks in a county in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) which has been resisting forced displays of loyalty to...
View ArticleHonduras attempts to solve their violent crime problem with private cities
The idea of building private cities is a divisive one. Many of the country’s elite advanced the concept as something new to spur economic growth. The cities would facilitate foreign investment and...
View ArticleUkraine criminalises pro-EU protests
EU and US diplomats have voiced dismay after Ukraine on Thursday (16 January) criminalised almost every aspect of the pro-EU protest movement. Reports say that electronic tellers in the Verkhovna Rada...
View ArticleShadowy Specter Of Russia Hangs Over Rumored ‘Death Squads’ In Ukraine
After being kidnapped on January 22, Dmytro Bulatov says he was kept blindfolded for eight days as his abductors beat him, sliced off part of his ear, drove nails through his hands, and finally left...
View ArticleSudan war-zone bombing may be ‘starvation’ policy
Intensified bombing in Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan may be part of an attempt to starve the population, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The air raids in recent weeks are "unprecedented in...
View ArticleChina increasingly exporting tools of torture to African countries: Group
Dozens of Chinese firms are producing and exporting "tools of torture", from electric stun guns to metal spiked batons, to countries with bad human rights records, rights group Amnesty International...
View ArticleUS waives child soldier sanctions on six nations
Washington is releasing some US$26 million to Yemen in military aid and boosting funds to armies in five other nations, waiving sanctions imposed for recruiting child soldiers. U.S. President Barack...
View ArticleBelarus Wants to Criminalize Unemployment With Forced Labor As Punishment
Taking an old-school approach to battle the woes of modern capitalism, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has endorsed a legislative ban on unemployment. "You want to bring back [the phrase]...
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