Germany’s top criminal and private court, the Bundesgerichtshof, on Thursday ruled that the state need not compensate relatives of the victims of a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan called in by a German general. The strike, against an oil tanker believed to have fallen into insurgent hands, killed around 100 civilians who had gathered around the …
French journalist was taken into custody while he was taking photo of police violence
The journalist named Gaspard Glanz, a founder of Taranis News , was taken into custody while he was taking photo of Police Violence in Calais Jungle. He said he was shocked, and he considers this incident against freedom of press. He was kept under surveillance for 30 hours. He was released on 27th October. However …
Israel detains female pro-Palestine activist boat captained by Hobart woman
The Israeli military say their navy has detained a boat bound for Gaza, captained by a woman from Hobart carrying pro-Palestine women activists. Activist organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition said the boat was seized in international waters, making this an act of piracy. The group is calling for Israel to end its blockade of Gaza, which …
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‘It was like being in a boys’ club’: female aid workers on sexual harassment at work
Women in the international aid industry have recounted their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in a new survey of more than 1,000 female workers in the humanitarian sector. The results of the self-report survey, published on Tuesday by the Humanitarian Women’s Network, revealed that 55% of those questioned said they had suffered sexual advances …
Police attack and arrest 140 peaceful protesters at the Dakota access pipeline
Near Standing Rock, North Dakota on Oct. 22, armed police corralled and arrested more than 140 people seeking to protect themselves, their cultural heritage and the health of the planet on the site where contractors bulldozed the peoples’ ancestral burial ground to make way for the construction of an oil pipeline. Jihan Hafiz, a journalist …
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Ex-detainees say CIA used makeshift electric chair in secret Afghan prison
Two Tunisian men who spent 12 years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan said CIA interrogators tortured them using previously unreported techniques that included threatening them with a makeshift electric chair and beating them with batons so brutally that they suffered broken bones, Human Rights Watch reported on Monday. The accounts, which could not be independently …
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Israeli demolitions leave 30 Palestinians homeless
A multi-unit building in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan was demolished today, leaving an extended family of 30 Palestinians – mostly children – homeless. The building was demolished after the Jerusalem municipality rejected the family’s attempts to obtain building permits for nine years. Early this morning, Israeli municipality and police forces raided Silwan, …
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The US war on drugs in Afghanistan is an $8 billion failure
The U.S. is dealing with the most severe heroin epidemic the country has seen in years, but the public health crisis here is dwarfed by the severity of the problem in Afghanistan. And the billions of dollars the U.S. is spending to fight the epidemic in the central Asian nation seems to be having little …
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U.S. government wants to read travelers’ tweets before letting them in
U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to start collecting “information associated with your online presence” from travelers from countries eligible for a visa waiver, including much of Europe and a handful of other countries. Earlier this summer, the agency proposed including a field on certain customs forms for “provider/platform” and “social media identifier,” making headlines …
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Catholic church acquits Mexican priest who admitted raping 30 young girls even though he knew he was infected with HIV
The Catholic Church has acquitted an HIV-infected priest who has admitted to raping close to 30 young girls between the ages of five and 10 years old. Ataulfo has admitted to sexually assaulting indigenous young girls from Oaxaca, a state in southern Mexico known for its large indigenous population. The priest has yet to face …
