Rape as an Act of Genocide

Amal Clooney Will Represent Victims of Yazidi Genocide

Amal Clooney Will Represent Victims of Yazidi Genocide Most of the victims of the Yazidi genocide are women Rosalie Chan, Time  June 9 2016 Image: Amal Clooney in Wesywood, CA on Feb. 1, 2016. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—Getty Images Lawyer and activist Amal Clooney will represent the women who have been enslaved and trafficked by ISIS in the Yazidi genocide. Clooney, a barrister who specializes in international law and human rights law, plans to

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INDIA: WILL A MOBILE PHONE PANIC BUTTON HELP STOP SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN INDIA?

INDIA: WILL A MOBILE PHONE PANIC BUTTON HELP STOP SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN INDIA? BYADMIN_HRWF Human Rights Without Frontiers International 28 April 2016 India has a large market for mobile phones, and while access has spread to the rural areas, some say that requiring extra features on the phone may increase the cost of the phones, making them unaffordable to some women. CS Monitor (26.04.2016) – http://bit.ly/21gVR9j – As part of an effort to fight

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Raping Girls in Darfur: A Continuing Weapon of War

Raping Girls in Darfur: A Continuing Weapon of War Eric Reeves, Professor at Smith College, Huffington Post 21 January 2016     Despite an almost total lack of news coverage, genocide in Darfur is entering its fourteenth year. It is certainly the longest genocide in more than century, and shows no signs of having "decisively cooled," as a New York Times reporter suggested four years ago. On the contrary, since that time the genocide has dramatically

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United Nations: End Slavery in Conflict

UNITED NATIONS: END SLAVERY IN CONFLICT Walk Free   Copyright 2015 Walkfree.org   UPDATE: The UN Security Council has said slavery during conflict may be a war crime, calling on the Secretary-General to report back on better implementing programs to counter trafficking in Iraq by ISIS.1 Over three thousand women and girls have been forced into sexual slavery by ISIS during the conflict in Iraq and Syria.2 But the horror doesn’t end there

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Rights Group Expressed Outrage and Concern Over the Continued Lack of Investigation of the Mass Rape of 221 Women of Tabit Villa

Rights Group Expressed Outrage and Concern Over the Continued Lack of Investigation of the Mass Rape of 221 Women of Tabit Villa Submitted by Admin, Darfur Women Action Group 6 November 2015 Rights group expressed outrage and concern over the continued lack of investigation of the mass rape of 221 women of Tabit village in North Darfur one year later. Today approximately thirty organizations from the United States, UK, France and Canada have signed

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New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese Force

Report Details New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese Force Rick Gladstone, New York Times 09 September, 2015    Image: Government forces drive through a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, where Human Rights Watch says campaigns of mass killing and rape are again occurring. Credit Abd Raouf/Associated Press A Sudanese government counterinsurgency force has carried out two campaigns of killings and mass rape in the Darfur region since early

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ISIS Is Committing Genocide

ISIS IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE Gregory Stanton 10 September 2015   Members of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, representing the world’s largest organization of experts on genocide, have called upon the United States Congress to declare that the crimes committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Daesh, constitute genocide in violation of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the

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ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape

ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape  Rukimini Callimachi, New York Times 13 August 2015   Image: Maurico Lima for New York Times   Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool. QADIYA, Iraq — In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was

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Now for a Limited Time: Free Registration for the Women & Genocide in the 21st Century Symposium!

Now for a Limited Time: Free Registration for the Women & Genocide in the 21st Century Symposium! Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/10/2014 - 5:35pm Darfur Women Action Group Women and Genocide in the 21st Century: The Case of Darfur National Symposium 419 7th St. NW  Washington, DC Saturday, October 25th-Sunday, October 26th Registration is now FREE for everyone from Wednesday, October 8th-Thursday, October 16th!     Schedule of Events &

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Nepal: Conflict-Era Rapes Go Unpunished

Nepal: Conflict-Era Rapes Go Unpunished Human Rights Watch 23 September 2014 Both government forces and Maoist combatants raped and sexually harassed women and girls during Nepal’s decade-long armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. The 78-page report, “Silenced and Forgotten: Survivors of Nepal’s Conflict-Era Sexual Violence,” documents sexual violence by both government forces and the Communist Party of Nepal

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