Lawyers ask ICC to probe 122 EU officials, including France’s Macron and Germany’s Merkel,  for crimes against humanity in Mediterranean

Lawyers ask ICC to probe 122 EU officials, including France’s Macron and Germany’s Merkel, for crimes against humanity in Mediterranean

Despite repeated calls from human rights experts for Europe to refrain from supporting Libyan forces in stopping migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, European officials remain determined to continue doing just that.

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Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

Conflict now rages in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – born out of the Janjaweed militias – and Sudan’s military. Tensions erupted in 2023 between the two previous allies that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 uprising.

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Pattern reflects policy and acceptance by state: Israel has killed nearly 3,000 Gaza aid seekers

Pattern reflects policy and acceptance by state: Israel has killed nearly 3,000 Gaza aid seekers

Looking at the incidents over time, clearly discernible patterns emerge showing how Israel has used attacks on people seeking aid as a tool for different purposes at different points in the war: deadly crowd control, forced displacement, and the destruction of the collective ability of Palestinians in Gaza to survive

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Sudan: Landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains

Sudan: Landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains

Hundreds of people die every year in seasonal rains that run from July to October. Last year’s heavy rainfall caused the collapse of a dam in the eastern Red Sea Province, killing at least 30 people, according to the UN.

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Suspect in Kenyan marathoner’s murder causes panic as victim’s family lawyer asks court for protection

Suspect in Kenyan marathoner’s murder causes panic as victim’s family lawyer asks court for protection

The lawyer expressed at how the suspect managed to access a mobile phone that he used to call him, while inside the highly protected correctional facility. He thus asked the Presiding Judge Reuben Nyakundi to order the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers to take up the matter and protect him as he expressed fear over his safety.

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Kenya is a full-blown economic crime scene where perps gleefully hold press briefings to announce taxes on even second-hand underwear

Kenya is a full-blown economic crime scene where perps gleefully hold press briefings to announce taxes on even second-hand underwear

Your mother, once your biggest cheerleader, now lies sick in a county hospital, receiving the sort of treatment that should qualify as a human rights violation. Three months of watching her deteriorate because you can’t afford private care, and because in Kenya, public healthcare is where dreams and lives go to die.

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