Matthew Lane Durham, a 21 year old former missionary from Oklahoma was sentenced in US federal court Monday to 40 years in prison for serially molesting and raping children at a Kenyan orphanage, at least one of whom was just 5 years old. US District Judge David L Russell handed …
March, 2016
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7 March
“Global Warming Is Now In Overdrive” Temperatures Surpass Historic Mark
Planet earth has surpassed a historic climate threshold – and the media remains relatively unmoved. For the first time in recorded history, average temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere briefly surpassed the mark of 2 degrees Celsius above “normal.” As noted by Eric Holthaus at Slate, this is the first time in …
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4 March
Berta Caceres, Environmentalist Indigenous Activist, Assassinated In Honduras
An indigenous activist in Honduras who was the recent recipient of a prestigious international environmental prize for her advocacy against a dam project was assassinated on Thursday morning. Gunmen allegedly broke down the door at the residence where Berta Caceres was staying in La Esperanza, her hometown, and killed her …
February, 2016
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23 February
It Was A Mistake! Egyptian Military Regrets Sentencing Toddler To Life In Prison
Your honor, my client didn’t know any better. He was only 1 year old when he committed this awful crime! It would seem to be an airtight alibi. Yet, it did little to stop an Egyptian military court from convicting the accused boy, now 3 1/2, and sentencing him to …
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22 February
Brazilian Lawmakers Want Harsher Penalties For Abortion In Facing The Zika Epidemic
In a report published today by Time magazine, Matt Sandy reported on the plans of Brazilian lawmakers to increase the penalties for abortion, despite the pleas of international bodies such as the UN to legalize abortion during the Zika epidemic. Brazil, like many Latin American nations affected by Zika, does …
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16 February
Four Hospitals Bombed In One Day In Syrian Airstrikes, Including Doctors Without Borders Facility
Airstrikes hit a hospital in northern Syria Monday, leaving behind seven dead and more than eight missing persons, according to Doctors Without Borders, who manages the hospital located in Maarat al-Moaman. As first reported by the New York Times, no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Russian …
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11 February
House Republicans Argue Against Reproductive Rights For Women With Zika Virus In Developing Nations
At a congressional hearing about the Zika virus and its spread from the developing world, House GOP members spoke out against efforts to provide contraception and abortion access to women who have become infected by the viral strain known to cause severe birth defects. The $1.8 billion in emergency aid requested by …
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1 February
India: Teenage Rape Victim Raped Again While Recovering In Hospital
On Monday a fifteen-year-old girl reported being raped by a hospital security guard while she was in the hospital recovering from another rape by another teenager in Jamshedpur, India. The second rape occurred only five days after the first. While the victim’s mother was out, the security guard escorted the victim to the …
January, 2016
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31 January
Up To 100 Masked Men Attack Refugees In Sweden
According to a report from Buzzfeed News, a group of approximately 100 masked men physically attacked Swedish immigrants in a train station Friday night. Immediately before the attack, several subsets of the group were seen passing out anti-immigration and white nationalist fliers. Via Think Progress: Four suspects were arrested in …
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31 January
Boko Haram Burns Dozens Of Children Alive In Nigeria, Mainstream Media Predictably Silent
A survivor who kept himself alive by hiding in a tree says he witnessed Boko Haram burn dozens of children alive and firebomb and entire village, an attack that has left at least 86 dead in Nigeria. Countless charred bodies and bullet-ridden corpses littered the streets in the aftermath of …
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29 January
Billionaires Report Buying Land With Airstrips In New Zealand In Case Of “Civil Uprising”
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Robert Johnson, president of the Institute of New Economic Thinking claimed that the world’s elite super rich are indeed worried about inequality in a big way. Not about solving it, but about having escape plans if growing unrest leads to a global uprising. “I …
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27 January
Iran Executed 830+ Prisoners In 2015, Mostly For Drug Offenses
After China, Iran is now the nation with the second highest incidence of capital punishment. Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016 that Iran put over 830 people to death last year, the majority of whom were sentenced for drug convictions. That’s 2.27 people per day on average. The number …
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27 January
After 13 Years At Guantanamo, Man Cleared by Parole Board In Case of Mistaken Identity
Via Miami Herald: “The Guantánamo parole board on Thursday approved the release of a Yemeni “forever prisoner,” dismissing U.S. intelligence that imprisoned the man for 13 years at the Navy base in Cuba as “discredited.” The so-called Periodic Review Board heard the case of Mustafa al Shamiri, 37, on Dec. …
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23 January
Donald Trump Endorsed By War Criminal Being Tried For Genocide Against Muslims
Prepare yourself ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump has just landed another yuuuuuuuuge endorsement. This time, it comes from Vojislav Seselj, the former Serbian Deputy Prime Minister presently awaiting a verdict from the International Criminal Court regarding his role in organizing crimes of genocide against Serbian Muslims. Via Occupy Democrats: “I …
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23 January
Lynchings and vigilante violence rising in Mexico
In Ajalpan, Mexico two brothers were threatened by an angry mob who believed them to be kidnappers. Police identified them as pollsters for a marketing company and brought them to safety in a government building, but the town’s citizens believed otherwise. One vigilante doused the two brothers with gasoline and lit …