Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia’s Overdue Reckoning
For decades, Saudi Arabia has gotten a free pass from the US for its unabashed brutality. But Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder may finally be a step too far.
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UN Report Calls for Genocide Charges Against Myanmar’s Military Leaders
A 444-page United Nations report released Tuesday said Myanmar’s generals should be prosecuted for genocide for their violent actions toward the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
ESMA “Death Flights”: 29 Former Naval Officers Sentenced to Life in Prison in Argentina’s Largest Human Rights Trial
The country’s largest-ever trial culminated in its first judgement against pilots who tossed political opponents of the brutal military dictatorship into the ocean during Argentina’s “Dirty Wars” between 1976 and 1983.