Human Rights

News of child suffering in hardly new in any country these days, and the Congo is no stranger to children's rights violations and suffering. Years of war and economic instability has now lead the country is now find its streets flooded with children, as some estimate there are more than 3,000 street children in the […]

The legal team representing Bosnian war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic, said Thursday they filed a petition which could delay his extradition to the war crimes tribunal at The Hague. Bosnian officials captured the former Bosnian leader Monday after 13 years on the run. He allegedly, with fellow cohort Ratko Mladic, coordinated, among other things, the […]

The increasing lack of security in Afghanistan is spreading throughout the country.  Even areas of Kabul considered somewhat secure are threatened. On July 7 a suicide bomber killed over 50 people in front of the Indian embassy in the capital. The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) says some 250 Afghani civilians were killed […]

On July 18, two French ACF (Action Contre Faim – in French) aid workers were abducted by armed militias in central Afghanistan. ACF has since temporarily suspended operations leaving behind 130,000 people who faced acute malnutrition. The lack of security in Afghanistan is preventing NGOs and aid agencies from delivering services in a time when […]

As Daniel noted, Radovan Karadzic was arrested yesterday by Serbian authorities. Karadzic, who PBS once described as the world's most wanted man, was President of the Republika Srpska, and ICTY alleges that he is guilty of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Perhaps most importantly, Karadzic is accused of ordering the genocide at Srebrenica, […]

FGM tends to leave on thinking that it is a problem which plagues ‘other’ nations, however the eradication of FGM is not limited to African or Muslim nations, it is human rights violation that follows women and girls across the globe. Recent news has begun to shed a little light on a global fight, which […]

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for his part in civilian massacres, was arrested on Monday, Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said on Monday.

Child abuse or sexual abuse is an euphemism for what is really happening and has been happening for a very long time.  Let's just call it what it is – child rape. The Catholic Church, already having paid out billions of dollars in compensations ($2 billion in the US alone), is having to make some […]

JNA General Pavle Strugar was sentenced to 7 and 1/2 years in prison for his role in the shelling of Dubrovnik, Croatia, during the conflict accompanying the breakup of Yugoslavia. Dubrovnik, known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic” for its historic and beautiful old city, was subjected to a 7-month siege during the war. 2/3 […]

On July 1, the breakaway region of Abkhazia was in a state of emergency because of a bomb near the Inguri bridge.  The bridge is a vital trading link for the thousands of Georgians living in the Gali district, a region inside Abkhazia that borders the ceasefire line with Georgia.   Abkhazia is seeking independence from […]

“Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Writer (1809-1894) ‘Out of the mouth of babes’, they so often say when a child just blurts out the truth, and it appears that truth telling is something all too often left behind in […]

The film Very Young Girls takes you into the reality of sexual exploitation and trafficking of American girls, a true eye opener that is a must see for anyone who wants to see that Americas youth are given their chance at the American dream. Our eyes must be opened to the exploitation of our own […]