Catholic church finally apologise for role in Rwanda genocide

The Catholic Church in Rwanda has apologised for its role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regrets the actions of those who participated in the massacres. A church statement acknowledged on Sunday that its members planned, aided and executed the genocide, in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu …

Amnesty International’s Moscow office sealed by Russian authorities

nesty International, a campaign group which has accused the Kremlin of violating human rights with its bombing campaign in Syria, was ejected from its Moscow office on Wednesday. The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leased the premises in central Moscow, said the group was behind on the rent, but Amnesty said it had documents …

PKK supporters attack Turkish protesters in Paris

A group of Turkish demonstrators protesting the PKK terrorist organization were attacked by the group’s supporters in the French capital on Sunday. Gathering in Paris’ Place de la Republique, the crowd was attacked by a pro-PKK group with iron sticks, according to eyewitnesses speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to security concerns. …

There are 25 Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israel is currently detaining 25 Palestinian journalists, seven of whom are imprisoned under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial. According to IMEMC, Israeli Authorities are holding seven journalists under Administrative Detention, without charges or trial, except for the alleged “secret files,” that neither the detainees nor …

Appeals Court: The torture, botched execution of an inmate was an “innocent misadventure.”

On April 29, 2014, the state of Oklahoma tortured Clayton Lockett to death. An anonymous executioner, carrying out a death penalty sentence, attempted to administer a secret three-drug cocktail, starting with a chemical designed to render Lockett unconscious. The executioner then added a drug to paralyze Lockett, and another to stop his heart—both of which …

White nationalists in US plot election day show of force

KKK, neo-Nazis and militias plan to monitor urban polling places and suppress the black vote. Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll-watchers across all 50 states. His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand out liquor …

Children’s hospital hit as Aleppo airstrikes kill 21, activists say

A Children’s hospital was hit and 21 people killed in intensified airstrikes Wednesday on the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, according to medical workers and a monitoring group. The dead included five children and a volunteer medic, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Russia – an ally of the Syrian regime- denied it was …

Six Palestinian fishermen seized of Gaza coast by Israeli gunboat

Six Palestinian fishers in Gaza were fired upon and seized by the Israeli occupation navy this morning, Tuesday 1 November. Despite an announcement last week that the Palestinian fishing zone was being “expanded” by the occupation’s naval forces to nine nautical miles, the two fishing boats were attacked by Israeli gunboats in four nautical miles …

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav released early after five years in jail for rape

Disgraced former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has been granted early release after serving five years in prison for rape. An Israeli parole board agreed Katsav can walk free after serving five years of his seven-year jail term. “There is no doubt… the prisoner underwent a change,” the parole board wrote in its decision. The board …

Israel bans burials in parts of East Jerusalem Muslim cemetery

Employees of Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority escorted by Israeli forces raided the Palestinian Bab Al-Rahma cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem yesterday and installed a sign forbidding burial in parts of the cemetery which have been claimed to become a national park. The head of the committee for the preservation of Islamic cemeteries in Jerusalem, …

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