war crimes

The Twelves Days of the International Criminal Court

A song which does not scan, for a world in […]

Trump and the Kurds

Turkey has now launched its offensive against the Kurdish Syrian Defense Forces in North East Syria, days after Donald Trump called President Tayyip Erdogan then tweeted that US troops would […]

Human Rights

Justice in Iraq

More than 2,000 non-Iraqi ISIS suspects detained in Syria by Western-backed Syria Democratic Forces may soon be transferred to Iraq for prosecution, since most of their countries are refusing to […]

Egypt

Weapons to North Sinai

When might we draw the line and refuse to supply weapons to another State? Egypt might be a case for consideration. For the last 6 years a war has been […]

India

Impunity in Indian Kashmir, the killing of Rizwan Pandith

As Penny Mordaunt moves to grant UK soldiers immunity from […]

Kachin

Myanmar, genocide

Last week 84 Rohingya, Kachin and Karen Groups called on France to ensure the UN Security Council refers Myanmar to the International Criminal Court for genocide against Rohingya in Rakhine […]

execution

Major General Shavendra Silva, hero

Bad news for Sri Lankan Tamils and, indeed, anyone who thinks rewarding war criminals is basically bad. On January 10th Major General Shavendra Silva was appointed Chief of Staff of […]

Human Rights

Yemen and the cost of silence

‘I tickled the little feet thinking I would get a little smile. And it was just like tickling a ghost.’ David Beasley of the World Food Programme describes seeing a […]

Congo

Torture in DRC

In April 2011 the Archbishop of York wrote: “More notice needs to be taken, I believe, of increasingly unpalatable evidence from countries like Congo… that some returnees from the UK, including […]

Children's Rights

Israel in a moral mess

Something is rotten in the state of Israel when a 14-year-old girl can be shot dead for unarmed protest against impoverished entrapment in a strip of blockaded land that strangles […]

Human Rights

The Human Rights Council has just reviewed Sri Lanka, and seem disappointed. Despite promises to reform (seeking the Holy Grail of trade deals), President Sirisena’s government continues to favour torture […]

cruel and inhumane punishment

Selling England by the Pound

The visit of the Saudi Crown Prince and de facto leader, Mohammed Bin Salman, to London brought human rights to the media forefront, but to little avail. The red carpet […]

Eastern Ghouta

Eastern Ghouta,

This time last year the world was aghast at the siege of Aleppo. Today Eastern Ghouta attracts less attention. Surrounded by Syrian and Russian government forces, it is a battleground […]

cruel and inhumane punishment

Donald Trump, Steven Bradbury and the torture memos.

What does the US, as self-styled moral compass of Western […]

execution

The murder of medical care in Syria

On June 4th 2017 the Syrian Network for Human Rights learned that Mohammad al Sahli, a nurse, died under torture at the Syrian Military Security Forces’ Palestine branch in Damascus, […]

cholera

British weapons, cholera and Yemen

The High Court ruled in July that Britain’s £3.5bn arms sales to Saudi Arabia is lawful, as whilst Saudi bombing of Yemen ‘probably’ breaches international law, it’s for the government […]

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war crimes

The Twelves Days of the International Criminal Court

Trump and the Kurds

Justice in Iraq

Weapons to North Sinai

Impunity in Indian Kashmir, the killing of Rizwan Pandith

Myanmar, genocide

Major General Shavendra Silva, hero

Yemen and the cost of silence

Torture in DRC

Israel in a moral mess

The Missing of Sri Lanka

Selling England by the Pound

Eastern Ghouta,

Donald Trump, Steven Bradbury and the torture memos.

The murder of medical care in Syria

British weapons, cholera and Yemen