Impunity

Issued on: 18/04/2023 - 07:19 G7 foreign ministers promised a unified front against Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, saying at the close of their meetings Tuesday…

High rates of femicide, combined with a poor track record of bringing perpetrators to justice – particularly the wealthy and powerful – have made Mexico the most dangerous country for women in Latin America, according…

Canada is working with its G7 counterparts to coordinate investigations into alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. Justice Minister David Lametti issued the Berlin Declaration alongside other G7 justice…

INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS: November 2 has been observed as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) for nearly a decade now. The day came into existence when the…

The trial of a former Indonesian police general accused of orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard started at a Jakarta court on Monday, in a case that has put a spotlight on alleged impunity and corruption in…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian police stormed her house and dragged her husband away. Her eldest son died in a rain of Syrian government shells on her hometown. So like millions of other Syrians, Hanadi Hafisi fled the country with plans to…

OTING, India — Technically, there is no war anymore in Nagaland, but the peace does not feel certain, either. What the remote northeastern Indian state has is a lot of soldiers, keeping a heavy hand and provoking a rising anger among…

Issued on: 02/11/2021 - 17:05 Journalists have long been targets of authoritarian governments and armed groups, but attacks have been on the rise in recent years. To mark the…

Reporting the news can be a risky job if you are up against the powerful, and statistics tell you the same. On average, one journalist has been murdered every 4 days in the last decade. Many of these journalists were killed in countries…

"He could put the fear of God in me very quickly," she said, saying she performed sex acts because "I didn't feel like I had a choice," saying she'd suffered past abuse both at home and by a…