Iraq
Iraq: cultural cleansing in Mosul
The ISIS militants that have seized Mosul are engaged in a campaign of cultural cleansing—targeting not only the citiy's inhabitants, but its artistic and historical treasures.
Tag: genocide
Iraq
UN rights chief: evidence of war crimes in Iraq
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that the numerous executions that have occurred over the past week in Iraq "almost certainly amount to war crimes."
The Andes
Colombia to get truth commission
In the ongoing peace talks in Havana, Colombia's government and the FARC rebels agreed to a truth commission to addresses the deaths of thousands in five decades of conflict.
Greater Middle East
Russia blocks ICC action on Syria, heightening ‘anti-war’ contradiction
"Anti-war" voices in the West have called for International Criminal Court action in Syria as a substitute for military intervention. Will they protest now that Moscow has blocked it?
Central America
Guatemala passes genocide denial resolution
Guatemala's Congress approved a resolution denying that any genocide took place during the country's 1960-1996 civil war that left some 250,000 dead—overwhelmingly Maya peasants.
Europe
Nazi nostalgia in Lviv —or is that Lemberg?
Hundreds marched in Lviv to mark the anniversary of the formation of a Ukrainian SS division, which fought for the Nazis against the Soviet Union during World War II.
The Andes
May Day mining disaster in Colombia
An unknown number of miners—perhaps as many as 40—were buried alive as an illegal gold mine collapsed at El Palmar, in Colombia's southern region of Cauca.
Europe
Kosovo lawmakers vote to create war crimes court
Lawmakers in Kosova voted 89-22 to create an EU-backed court that will investigate crimes committed by ethnic Albanian rebels during the 1998 war with Serbia.
Central America
El Salvador: US judge rules against SOA grad
A former Salvadoran defense minister was given awards by the US in the 1980s, but now a US immigration judge finds that the general's war crimes make him deportable.
Africa
South Sudan rebels engaged in ethnic killings: UN
The UN Mission in South Sudan charged that rebels engaged in ethnically targeted killings during a raid on the northern city of Bentiu in a drive to seize local oil fields.
Europe
Ukraine and anti-Semitism: house of mirrors redux
Leaflets distributed in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, now under occupation by pro-Russian separatists, order Jews to register with the authorities. Real or provocation?
The Amazon
Police close ‘militia’ following Guarani murders
Brazilian police closed down a notorious security firm contracted by ranchers that is accused of killing at least two Guarani leaders, and brutally attacking hundreds more.