Briefing Note on the Call for a War Crimes Court for Liberia
Widespread and systematic violations of international human rights and humanitarian law characterized Liberia’s two brutal armed conflicts, which took place between 1989 and 2003.
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History
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The Road to Fascism: For a Critique of the Global Biosecurity State
With the lifting of the thousands of regulations by which our lives were ruled for two long years there has been an understandable desire to believe that the coronavirus ‘crisis’ is over and we will return to something like an albeit new normal.
But as new crises have sprung up
Syria: Cluster Munitions Used in November 6 Attacks
(Beirut) – Attacks by the Syrian-Russian military alliance on November 6, 2022, used banned cluster munitions on four camps for internally displaced people, Human Rights Watch said today.
Afghan Child Custody Case Exposes US Wartime Abuses
On September 5, 2019, US armed forces and Afghan allies carried out a night raid on a rural hamlet in southern Afghanistan.
The Day of the Skripal
Editorial note: It should be self-evident in the below piece that neither the author, Tim Norman, nor UK Column is assessing the sources quoted as trustworthy.
How the US Government is Waging War on its Veterans
>“For soldiers … coming home is more lethal than being in combat.”Brené Brown, research professor at the University of Houston
The US government is still waging war on America’s military veterans.Especially veterans who exercise their First Amendment right to speak out against government wrongdoing.
Consider: we raise our
Is Germany Finally Dealing With Its Abusive Colonial History?
A top German official gave a strong speech on the need for Germany to reckon with its abusive colonial past in Cameroon, a German colony between 1884 and 1919, and other former German colonies.
Ivan Mishukov: The Incredible Story of the Russian Street Boy Who Lived with Dogs
Ivan Mishukov’s story is one Charles Dickens would find hard to believe.
In Post-Coup Myanmar: ‘Death Squads’ and Extrajudicial Killings
It was late at night on June 21 when about 20 armed men arrived at a home in a remote part of southern Myanmar.
France: Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia
The conviction of a former Liberian rebel commander for wartime atrocities in Liberia by a French court is a milestone in delivering justice for victims, and for France’s efforts to hold those responsible for grave crimes to account, Amnesty International France, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Human
If They Win: A Very Ordinary Genocide
STORY AT-A-GLANCE When we look back at “successful” atrocities of the past, we often scratch our heads and wonder how come the people living at that time allowed it and didn't see the obvious at all. But what if the atrocities that are so obvious in the retrospect felt “ordinary”
Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees
(Kyiv, October 19, 2022) – Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their six-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. Survivors described being subjected to electric shock, waterboarding, severe beatings, threats at gunpoint, and being
Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region at Heightened Risk
For several weeks, towns in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have endured regular bombardments from an escalating joint offensive by Ethiopia and Eritrea forces against Tigrayan forces.
Russia DID mandate draftees be “vaccinated”…but they’ve just DROPPED that rule & that’s great news
As many of you know, four days ago the excellent Riley Waggaman spelled out, in clear detail, the painful history of Russia’s recent “vaccination” mandate for all Russians mobilized for combat in Ukraine.
This solid piece was quickly slammed by Thomas Röper, a German writer living in Russia, who
Now We Know: The Conspirators Want World War III
Back in the middle of April 2022, I wrote an article in which I expressed concern that the conspirators were pushing us into World War.
