Being a sex worker not a license to be raped: Delhi court convicts 4 accused
A Delhi court has sentenced four youths to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for abducting and gangraping a Rwandan refugee, saying merely because she was working as a sex worker does not confer the right...
View ArticleNow, a smartphone device that can diagnose HIV in 15 minutes
A team of researchers from Columbia University has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory or dongle that can perform a test that simultaneously detects three infectious disease markers from a finger...
View ArticleSwiss bank accounts leaks: HSBC admits to past lapses
Amid a global expose revealing tax dodging through accounts in its Swiss bank, British major HSBC has admitted to past lapses even as it claimed that rigorous control are now in place to curb illicit...
View ArticleFrance declassifies 1994 Rwanda genocide documents after 20 years
France on Tuesday declassified documents in the presidential archives relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which Kigali accuses Paris of having an indirect role. The post France declassifies 1994...
View ArticleHead of Rwandan intelligence service Karake arrested in London
British police have arrested the head of Rwanda's intelligence service on an arrest warrant issued by Spain where he is accused of involvement in war crimes linked to the genocide, prompting a furious...
View ArticleBurundi ‘on the very cusp of civil war’: UN urges international action
Burundi is rushing towards civil war and risks Rwanda-style "atrocity crimes", the United Nations human rights chief and experts warned Thursday, urging immediate international action to ward off...
View ArticleUS accuses Islamic State of genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shi’ites
The government also added that acknowledging that Islamic State has committed genocides would not result in any legal obligation for the United States. The post US accuses Islamic State of genocide...
View ArticleThe technology of warfare has changed, but rape of women in wartime has not
The technology of warfare has changed tremendously over the years, but its tactic — of widespread rape and enslaving of women — has not The post The technology of warfare has changed, but rape of women...
View ArticleUN peacekeepers asked to use force to ‘save lives’ in conflicts
Rwanda and the Netherlands, two countries embroiled in the UN's worst peacekeeping failures, have launched a push at the United Nations for blue helmets to more readily use force to defend civilians in...
View ArticleRwandan genocide: Was powerless against worst mass slaughters in modern...
Former UN commander Romeo Dallaire recalls his helplessness and frustration as mid-July marks the 22nd anniversary of the Rwandan genocide - one of the worst mass slaughters in modern times with at...
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