Sabra and Shatila Massacre

Sabra and Shatila Massacre

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On September 16, 1982, the Lebanese Phalangist militia, backed by lsrael, perpetrated a massacre in the southern Beirut neighborhood of Sabra and Palestinian refugee camp Shatila that claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinian refugees and Lebanese citizens.

The disappointing legacy of the ICC

The disappointing legacy of the ICC

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Since it came online, the ICC built a record of focusing on crimes committed in the Global South and ignoring those committed by leaders of the West. The evidence was so damning that Many African leaders called for mass exit from the first permanent international criminal court that promised more in terms of holding abusers of human rights to account. Since the statute that powered the court came to force in 2002, prosecutors of the ICC have been eager to indict anyone the West does not like and ignore crimes committed by Western leaders or friends of Western leaders. For example, despite the damning evidence of torture, murder, and unlawful detention of persons since the illegal Western invasion of Iraq in 2003, the ICC did not take any measurable outcome action against the perpetrators of the war crimes, crimes against humanity, and war of aggression—the very crimes that fall under its jurisdiction. Yet, before the war in Ukraine closed its first year, the ICC gathered enough evidence to indict a sitting president. 

This article sheds some light about the corrupting power of money, political interference, and ideological biases that have infected the once promising institution on which many human rights activists pinned much hope. 

Saudi Arabia's treatment of religious and ethnic minority is appalling, but no one cares or seem to be watching

Saudi Arabia's treatment of religious and ethnic minority is appalling, but no one cares or seem to be watching

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Saudi Arabia is leading a military operation in Awamiyah, terrorizing tens of thousands of civilians and opposing the United Nations demand of protecting the traditional Mosawara neighborhood

#MosulLiberated = #MosulDestroyed

#MosulLiberated = #MosulDestroyed

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Celebrating the liberation of Mosul, What is there to celebrate?

Battle for Mosul: Amnesty accuses Islamic State, Iraq Government, US-led coalition of war crimes. Source

منظمة العفو: العراق وحلفاؤه انتهكوا القانون الدولي في معركة الموصل

منظمة العفو: العراق وحلفاؤه انتهكوا القانون الدولي في معركة الموصل

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 قالت منظمة العفو الدولية يوم الثلاثاء إن الأساليب التي استخدمتها القوات العراقية والتحالف العسكري بقيادة الولايات المتحدة الذي يدعمها في معركة استعادة الموصل شكلت خرقا للقانون الإنساني الدولي وربما ترقى إلى مستوى جرائم الحرب.

Court ruling over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia a ‘deadly blow’ to Yemeni civilians

Court ruling over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia a ‘deadly blow’ to Yemeni civilians

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A UK court ruling that the government is entitled to continue authorizing arms supplies to Saudi Arabia is a potentially deadly setback to Yemeni civilians, Amnesty International said today.