International

May, 2016

• 9 May

  Trial Begins For IDF Soldier Who Killed Palestinian Assailant ‘Execution Style’

  

  Soldier fatally shot Palestinian assailant who was wounded and detained. The trial for an Israeli soldier who fatally shot a wounded Palestinian assailant in Hebron as he was detained and lying on the ground officially began Monday, highlighting a rare case within the Israeli justice system focusing on allegations of excessive …

April, 2016

• 28 April

  Black Lives Matter Brazil: Rio Sees Huge Surge In Police Killings Ahead Of Summer Olympics

  

  “At least 11” killed in the last month. Since the Black Lives Matter movement began gaining critical momentum following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, a national discussion has raged about police brutality, use of force justifications, and the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform in the United States. …
• 25 April

  LGBT Rights Editor Working For U.S. Embassy Hacked To Death By Islamic Militants In Bangladesh

  

  Xulhaz Mannan, one of Bangladesh’s most prominent gay rights activists and an editor of his country’s first and only LGBT magazine, Rupban, was found hacked to death in an apartment in Dhaka on Monday.  His companion had also been slain. According to the U.S. State Department, Mannan was working for the U.S. …
• 6 April

  China Erases Any Online Mention Of The Panama Papers As The World Scrutinizes 8 Top Chinese Officials Tied To Tax Havens

  

  While the rest of the world watches the Panama Papers scandal unfold, Chinese state media has simply blacked out news related to the leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm. Additionally, China has cracked down on social media, deleting posts that mention the Panama Papers or allegations of its leaders’ ties …
• 6 April

  Report Says Violence Against Women In Pakistan ‘Rampant’ As Coalition Forms To Repeal Punjab Law Criminalizing Domestic Abuse

  

  A report published by the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on the treatment of women in Pakistan has revealed horrific widespread abuse.  The group’s annual report details gang rapes, acid attacks, kidnapping, amputations, burnings and over a thousand “honor” crimes where women were killed for “domestic disputes, alleged illicit …
• 6 April

  Amnesty International Reports “Alarming Surge” In Worldwide Executions In 2015, Highest Rates In 25 Years

  

  The world’s top five executioners in 2015 were (from highest to lowest) China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the USA. 1,634+ people executed in 2015 – the highest number recorded by us since 1989, excl China https://t.co/Q2bGPYVcWP pic.twitter.com/USjP36R8aE — AmnestyInternational (@AmnestyOnline) April 6, 2016 The latest report from human rights …
• 5 April

  Panama Papers Scandal Takes Down Its First World Leader — PM Of Iceland Resigns Amid Massive Anti-Corruption Protest

  

  News outlets reported Tuesday that the prime minister of Iceland has resigned in the aftermath of the global scandal building over a Panamanian law firm’s leaked documents. Mass protests erupted in Reykjavik on Monday as thousands took to the streets to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson after …
• 4 April

  Israel Rallies Around Soldier Who Killed Palestinian Assailant “Execution Style”

  

  Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldier shot and killed wounded, unarmed Palestinian assailant who had already surrendered  Palestinian assailant previously stabbed a soldier at a checkpoint Poll Shows 82% of Israelis believe soldier was justified in killing  It was just a few minutes of smartphone footage, but it was enough to …

March, 2016

• 28 March

  Neo Nazis Disrupt Brussels Memorial To Protest Immigrants, Refugees

  

  A peaceful memorial dedicated to the victims of the Brussels Attacks in Brussels was frighteningly interrupted Sunday when riot police had to disperse a large group of protesters, a large number of whom were seen repeatedly making Nazi salutes. While hundreds of people initially gathered peacefully at the Place de la Bourse …
• 24 March

  Injustice In Israel: Soldier Caught On Film Shooting Palestinian On Ground

  

  Palestinian Attacker Was Wounded And Lying On The Ground Soldier Suspended And Placed Under Investigation Human Rights Groups Not Confident He Will Faced Any Consequences   Israeli forces killed two Palestinians who had allegedly stabbed a soldier in the West Bank on Thursday, with video showing one of the attackers …
• 24 March

  Radovan Karadzic Found Responsible of Genocide, War Crimes in UN Criminal Court

  

  UN judges are ruling today on the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic.  On Thursday he has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and acquitted of one genocide charge for his actions as the president of the Bosnian Serb faction (Republika Srpska) during the 1992-95 war in the …
• 22 March

  “I Wonder If They’re Setting Up A Little Area In Cuba For The Muslim Population” Trump’s Racism On Full Display As POTUS Visits Cuba

  

  In a tirade hellbent on proving his toughness towards radical terrorism, Republican presidential front-runner reacted to bombings in Brussels by speculating that President Barack Obama’s trip to Havana coincides with “setting up a little area in Cuba for the Muslim population.” Trump has famously inflamed anti-Islamic sentiment in a variety …
• 17 March

  Chinese Government Condemns Trumps Rhetoric. Says It Opens “Pandora’s Box In US”

  

  “His job was basically to act as a clown to attract more voters’ attention to the GOP” Calls Trumps campaign and rhetoric “abusively racist and extremist”   A popular talking point throughout Donald Trump’s unorthodox campaign has been his talk of being an “expert negotiator” and his ability to apply these …
• 9 March

  Russians Throw Party Mocking Lynching Of White Man In Blackface

  

  We typically associate anti-black racism as being an exclusively American trait, so much so that we forget its pervasive impact worldwide. On Tuesday, at a Russian government research and development office in St Petersburg, an “American costume party” was held, and one of its employees dressed in blackface and bound …
• 8 March

  Florida Mayors Call Out Debate Moderators Environmental Injustice, Beg GOP Candidates To Discuss Climate Change

  

  This Thursday, the University of Miami will play host to what is sure to be another raucous GOP Presidential Debate. To date, between Donald Trump defending the size of his manhood, Ben Carson questioning if this is even America anymore, and Jeb Bush praising Rick Snyder’s handling of the Flint …