How criminal gangs weaponised arson to terrorise Rohingya in Myanmar, who are stateless and without citizenship rights
One week after a fire broke out in a Cox’s Bazar refugee camp earlier this month, Bangladesh government investigators ruled it a “planned act of sabotage” – just the latest among scores of such arson incidents in recent years. The sprawling Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps house more than 630,000 Rohingya refugees...
While UN rights body advocates for compensation for sexual violence, UN’s own rules prohibit reparations
Even when sex abuse and rape cases are referred to local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they occurred, it’s often an uphill battle when it comes to allegations involving UN personnel. Take the alleged 2017 rape of a 16-year-old Congolese girl by a British man working...
UN indifference to women in DRC sheds light on why Ebola sex abuse victims may never find justice
Ketsia* said she was working as a part-time cleaner for the World Health Organization during the 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when a doctor invited her to his house and offered her a promotion in exchange for sex. He tried to rape her, but she...
Zimbabwe president accused of retaining proxies to smuggle gold to evade punitive US trade sanctions
Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The smuggling feeds into an enormous money-laundering operation, all facilitated by...
Trump indictment is a reminder of unparalleled criminality and conspiracy that surrounded the US presidential 2016 poll
The literally unprecedented indictment against Donald Trump marks an outright dangerous – and politically fraught – moment for the United States and serves as a reminder of the unparalleled level of criminality and conspiracy that surrounded the 2016 election. It’s easy to look back at the 2016 election as though...
Vatican repudiates colonial-era ‘doctrine of discovery’ of mountains, lakes, continents by Europeans
The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the colonial-era “doctrine of discovery” used centuries ago to justify European conquests of Africa and the Americas, saying “it is not part of Catholic Church teaching”. The Vatican acknowledged in a statement from its culture and human development departments that papal documents from the...
South Sudan’s President Kiir’s appointment of defence minister risks peace deal with rivals
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has appointed a member of his own party as defence minister, according to a decree read on state media, breaching a peace deal in which the role should be selected by the party of opposition leader Riek Machar. Kiir fired defence minister Angelina Teny, who...
Covid vaccines caused more than 300,000 deaths, $147 billion in economic loss in US in 2022 alone
In the US, Covid-19 vaccines injured 6.6 million people, disabled 1.36 million people, caused more than 300,000 excess deaths and cost the economy an estimated $147 billion in damage – in 2022 alone – according to a new analysis by Humanity Projects, a wing of Portugal-based research firm Phinance Technologies....
Arsenal are in a coronation year and it’s all down to manager Mikel Arteta’s mettle, nous and guile
Streaky 1-0 home wins against Norwich are rarely seismic, but that victory back on September 11, 2021 most definitely was for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta. It was the first of two crossroads moments that have come to define Arteta’s reign. Arsenal had lost their first three Premier League games of...
Man City unveils plans to invest $370 million to expand Etihad Stadium capacity to 61,000
Manchester City are ploughing £300 million ($370 million) of investment into revamping one end of the Etihad Stadium. The plans are centred on adding 7,700 additional seats to the second tier of the North Stand, which will take the capacity to around 61,000. But the redevelopment will also see a...
