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'Epic failure of humanity': Global displaced population hits all-time high
Jun 20, 2021 12:18A report released recently by the United Nations Refugee Agency finds that more than 82 million people across the globe were forcibly displaced by war, persecution, the climate crisis, and other factors by the end of 2020, a record high that one international aid group called "an epic failure of humanity."
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Philippines: Duterte refuses to cooperate with ICC probe
Jun 15, 2021 09:21Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will "never cooperate" with an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into his war on drugs, which complainants allege has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings, his spokesman says.
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Refugees insist humanitarian organization UNHCR disregards their humanity
Jun 09, 2021 15:38There is clearly a global pattern that connects UNHCR involvement to unrest in refugee camps. The question is, why has this pattern been ignored for more than a decade?
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UN court upholds Bosnian Serb military chief’s war crimes, genocide convictions
Jun 09, 2021 00:16United Nations (UN) war crimes judges have upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia.”
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About 2,000 families without shelter after Israeli aggression on Gaza: Palestinian official
Jun 03, 2021 11:24A Palestinian official says about 2,000 families are left without shelter in the besieged Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli regime’s latest aggression against the coastal enclave.
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Mass grave with remains of 215 indigenous children found in Canada
Jun 01, 2021 05:36The remains of indigenous children, some as young as three years old, have been discovered in a mass grave at the site of a former Church run residential school in Canada, opening up old wounds for Indigenous people across Canada, who view this as yet another instance of the country’s historical anti-indigenous campaign.
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US insurance giants worsening climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and human rights violations: Report
May 30, 2021 04:34The world's leading insurance companies, especially U.S. ones, are underwriting and investing in industries that drive planetary heating, destroy ecosystems, and violate human rights, according to Insuring Disaster, a new report released recently by a United Kingdom-based financial industry watchdog.
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When it comes to the tools of death and destruction, no one tops the US (1)
May 28, 2021 15:13The recent bombing and leveling of Gaza by the U.S.-financed and supplied Israeli regime military is just the latest example of the devastating toll exacted by American weapons transfers in these years.
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Without apology, Germany admits 'genocide' in Namibia
May 28, 2021 08:58Germany has formally recognized crimes committed by its colonial troops at the beginning of the 20th century against Namibian people as genocide.
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Zionist entity’s deadly onslaught on Gaza may amount to war crimes: UN rights chief
May 27, 2021 13:48The United Nations human rights chief has expressed concerns over the high number of civilians martyred in the latest Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, saying the regime’s deadly airstrikes on the coastal enclave may constitute war crimes.