Crime
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Mexican police officers convicted over 2021 migrant killings
The bodies of 17 migrants were found in a burnt-out vehicle in the town of Camargo in Tamaulipas state. BBC…
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Sri Lanka Needs Truth, but Not (Yet) a Truth Commission
Absent changes responsive to its concerns, the Council should keep up the pressure. Alan Keenan ICG Impunity has a long…
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Border Massacres: The Saudi Ethiopian Migrant Killings
Starving a country, bombing its hospitals and strafing its schools has been minor fare for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…
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I’m against the death penalty, but Lucy Letby has shaken my stance
The arguments against are many, familiar and valid: no judicial system is free from error; there is always a risk…
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Haiti: Surge in Violent Abuses
UN Security Council Response Should Uphold Rights Killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence by criminal groups in and around Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, have…
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Landmark Amazon Summit Needs to Grapple with Crime as well as Climate
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Bram Ebus explains that inter-governmental cooperation and a regional security strategy will be essential.…
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Mexico’s Forgotten Mayors: The Role of Local Government in Fighting Crime
At the same time, the federal government has wrested policing away from town halls. ICG A reset is needed to…
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Torture used by Russian forces in Ukraine may be state policy: UN
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards said widespread use of torture by Russian forces appears deliberate. Al Jazeera…
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Kissinger at 100: New War Crimes Revealed in Secret Cambodia Bombing That Set Stage for Forever Wars
A bombshell new investigation from The Intercept reveals that former U.S. national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was…
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Ljubljana hosts talks on key atrocities prosecution treaty
Representatives of some 70 countries gathered in Ljubljana on 15 May for a two-week conference in a bid to finalise…
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Can Ukraine Get Justice Without Thwarting Peace?
Now Is Not the Time to Create a Special Tribunal for Russia Brian Finucane and Stephen Pomper Foreign Affairs Ever…
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Georgia police executed climate activist, autopsy results show.
“Tortuguita” Teran, known by his friends in the green movement, was shot and killed by dozens of police officers three…
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On the 108th Anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, a Second Armenian Genocide Is Happening
As Armenians around the world, supporters of Armenia, and human rights activists prepare for commemoration activities in honor of the…
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‘Esterno Notte’: Marco Bellochio’s series grapples with ghost of assassinated Italian prime minister Aldo Moro
A crowd of curious passersby spills out by an open car boot. Myriam Benraad The Conversation There lies the bullet-riddled…
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“I Don’t Want to Disappear”: How Mexico’s Criminal Violence Reshapes Women’s Lives
The state has taken some steps to address this crisis, but it can do much more. Angélica Ospina-Escobar ICG Two…
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Turkey Bought Poison Gas from Nazi Germany To Kill Kurdish Alevis & Armenians in 1938
Prof. Taner Akcam of UCLA wrote a revealing article in Turkish, in Istanbul’s Armenian Agos newspaper on March 31, 2023,…
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