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UN urges continued commitment to justice in Guatemala after Rios Montt trial
May 16, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
A group of UN experts on Wednesday encouraged Guatemalan authorities to continue to seek the establishment of internal and transitional "truth and justice" in the wake of the trial of Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt. Last Friday, a Guatemalan court sentenced Rios Montt to 80 years in.... [more]
Guatemala court: government must apologize for acts of genocide
May 15, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
A Guatemalan court on Monday ordered the government to apologize to the Ixil Maya, an indigenous people, for acts of genocide that were committed against them when former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was in power. Montt was found guilty on Friday of the genocide, torture and rape of 1,771 Ixil.... [more]
Guatemala ex-dictator found guilty of genocide
May 11, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty Friday of the genocide, torture and rape of 1,771 indigenous Ixil Mayans during his 1982-83 rule. The court found that Rios Montt was responsible for commanding his military forces to kill 5.5 percent of the Ixil population, who were.... [more]
Oklahoma Senate approved bill requring pre-abortion questionnaire [this day at law]
May 11, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On May 11, 2010, the Oklahoma Senate voted by a 32-11 margin to approve a bill (HB 3284) requiring women seeking an abortion to complete a questionnaire before the procedure. The Statistical Abortion Bill Act probes into such areas as marital status, reasons for seeking an abortion and whether the.... [more]
HRW: Centrial African Republic rebels have committed rights violations
May 10, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President Francois Bozize of the Central African Republic (CAR) in March, committed atrocities against civilians, including pillage, summary execution, rape and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. Daniel Bekele, Africa director at.... [more]
DRC military committed rape, murder: UN report
May 9, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) troops committed numerous war crimes, including rape and murder, as they retreated from an advance by the 23 March Movement (M23) rebels last November, according to a UN report released Wednesday. The report claims Congolese military troops raped at least 97.... [more]
India president approves anti-rape bill
April 3, 2013 by Blake Lynch
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday signed into law an anti-rape bill providing for life terms and death sentences for offenders in addition to punishment for acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism. The bill also provides that all hospitals shall immediately provide medical assistance.... [more]
Bosnia court sentences Montenegro paramilitary leader to 45 years
March 29, 2013 by Sarah Paulsworth
The war crimes court for Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday convicted a former paramilitary unit commander from Montenegro on multiple counts of murder, torture, rape and looting committed during the the civil war in the former Yugoslavia (1992-1995) and sentenced him to 45 years of imprisonment..... [more]
Displaced people in Somalia face abuse, rape: HRW
March 28, 2013 by Jerry Votava
Displaced people in Somalia face the risk of physical abuse and rape, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. HRW noted that the threat of beatings and rape from internal security forces was significant and called for the practices to end. According to HRW, "Instead of.... [more]
Congo war crimes suspect denies charges in first appearance before ICC
March 26, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda denied charges at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday. Ntaganda is accused of 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, pillage, using child soldiers and other crimes. After a.... [more]
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