Gaddafi’s arms suppliers & UN-ICC justice

On 23 March 2011, NATO imposed an arms embargo on Libya, as a precursor to the air strikes that unfolded in the weeks to follow. The action was based on UN Resolution 1973, and according to NATO’s web sites it was intended to ‘This is part of NATO’s contribution to the broad international effort to [...]

Attorney General Holder blasted for “creating public safety hazard”

“Holder’s decisions made in Operation Fast and Furious have created a serious public safety hazard.” At a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious, a highly controversial operation where federal authorities facilitated the purchase of assault weapons for drug [...]

Child soldiers continue to be recruted in Central African Republic

The use of child soldiers in armed conflict plagues our global society, as thousands of children continue to be recruited into armed conflict by both government forces and armed rebel groups in spite global efforts to combat the continued use of children. UNICEF estimates there are some 300,000 child soldiers actively fighting in at least [...]

At least 62 killed during Friday of rage throughout Syria

A round up of demonstrations in Syria on the 29th of April 2011. Not only vere they nationwide, also the call for the downfall of the regime has become the general theme. Syrian security forces killed more than 60 people across Syria during demonstrations, Friday, demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. A medical source [...]

The myth of ‘non-violence’ (VIDEOS)

Suez was dubbed as Egypt’s Sidi Bouzid during the 18 day uprising. The city witnessed some of the bloodiest crackdowns by the police, and also some of the fiercest resistance by the protesters. In the video above, shot on the Friday of Anger, January 28, the revolutionaries in Suez after storming the police stations and [...]

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