Day: April 18, 2018

Kathua Rape: Remembering Asifa

According to SBS News, on April 9, 2018, a group of lawyers barricaded an Indian courthouse to prevent police officers from filing specific charges. These charges weren’t convicting innocent civilians, but rather eight individuals responsible for the rape and murder of an eight year-old girl in January, 2018. Asifa Bano

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Migrants In Libya Detained And Sold At “Slave Markets”

Recently the United Nations Human Rights Office reported that asylum seekers in Libya were being detained, bought and sold at ‘‘open slave markets.” Migrants are intercepted by the Libyan authorities as they attempt to be smuggled across the Mediterranean into Europe. They are treated as commodities and auctioned off for profit

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20 Years On: Northern Ireland And The Good Friday Agreement

April  10th marked the 20 year anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This agreement was formed between the Irish Republic and the UK (in particular Northern Ireland), to end violence and begin the peace-making process. Prior to this agreement, more than 1,500 people lost their lives during the ‘Irish Troubles,’ an era

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Ecuadorian Reporters Confirmed Dead At Hands Of Rebels

Friday April 13th, Ecuadorian President, Lenín Moreno, confirmed the deaths of three Ecuadorian men on a journalism expedition on the Colombian border. Reporter Javier Ortega, photographer Paul Rivas, and driver Efrain Segarra working for El Comercio were kidnapped on March 26th by a disbanded faction of the FARC rebels. On

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ICC Prosecutor Requests Rule On Jurisdiction Over Rohingya Crisis

The International Criminal Court is currently opening a probe into its options with the ongoing Rohingya Crisis. Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer and chief ICC prosecutor, asked the court to make an affirmative decision on whether or not it had jurisdiction of the war crimes and mass deportation occurring in the

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