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Executions on the increase in Iran

31/03/2010 09:00

Although the UN called on nations to abolish the death penalty, this cruel form of punishment still exists in Iran, and it is feared that executions have ramped up following protests contesting last year’s presidential elections. Masses have been seen on the streets carrying signs of...

President Omar al-Bashir charged with genocide?

04/02/2010 07:00

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan who was already indicted for war crimes committed in Darfur might have genocide added to his list of crimes. The Darfur conflict, which lasted 5 years, led to the death of approximately 250000 victims, and resulted in a gross violation of human...

Haiti Earthquake

18/01/2010 17:32

As many of you have probably heard by now, a massive earthquake hit the nation of Haiti on January 12th 2010. The disaster which has left at least 200,000 people dead and many injured has shocked and devastated people everywhere around the around, especially those who had relatives and friends...

Will sanctions work on Iran?

04/10/2009 23:57

For a while now, the US government has been using diplomacy to resolve a nuclear standoff in hopes that the Iranian government will comply. So far, things haven't worked out brilliantly, and now the Obama administration is contemplating using sanctions against Iran. It was disclosed a few weeks...

Samoa Tsunami

04/10/2009 23:30

Another Tsunami has hit the world, and left over 119 dead. The earthquake that struck near Samoa in the Pacific Ocean caused a tidal wave over 15 feet tall and left a lot of property damage. This is a devastating time for the people of Samoa. Most of the residential properties are only a few feet...

Wrongful Convictions.

11/03/2009 22:02

Over the years, there have been different cases of wrongful convictions, some of which have resulted in executions, while other victims of wrongful convictions have lost huge chunks of their lives serving prison sentences. In most cases where the court got it wrong, it was often because they...

Death Penalty in Iran

07/03/2009 16:11

As many of you probably know, Iran implemented a new law in July 2008 extending the use of the death penalty to "online crimes". This category includes - bloggers(especially on freedom of speech and religion, minority rights), websites that promote corruption, prostitution, and apostasy!!!...

International Criminal Court issues warrant of arrest for President Omar-al- Bashir

05/03/2009 14:44

After a conference held on Wednesday in Hague, the ICC issued a warrant for arrest for the Sudanese President- Omar-al- Bashir. The warrant lists war crimes against humanity such as rape, extermination, murder, torture, which the President is suspected to be responsible for. The court...

Death Penalty

19/02/2009 03:51

Last year, the UN called for a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty world wide. There has been an ongoing campaign against the death penalty for years. Many human rights activists are against the use of the death penalty, because it is inhuman, a violation of one's right to life,...

UN urges countries to put end to death penalty

13/02/2009 15:10

The morality of capital punishment has been an on-going debate for years. Many human rights defenders and organizations have been working towards its the abolition for the last few decades. On December 18th, in a majority vote of 106-46, the Assembly’s 192 members passed a resolution to put...