Belfast Bombing
Northern Ireland’s police watchdog is investigating allegations that the IRA operative who planned the 1993 Shankhill Road bombing was an MI5 informant who gave intelligence that could have helped security forces stop the atrocity. Nine civilians, including two children, were killed in the attack on a fish shop in Belfast’s loyalist
Last month the CPD found that 80 percent of its 850 dash cams do not record audio, and 12 percent don’t record video either.
After the notorious video of Laquan McDonald getting shot by Chicago police officers 16 times went viral last November, investigators have been making their way through the other videos of the scene. In doing so, they've discovered that three of the dash cams pointed at McDonald that day did not record video, and others had no audio. Now a Chicago
‘What’s needed is that human rights considerations take precedence over financial incentives and security relationships.’
The UK government is signing off on the sales of advanced surveillance technologies to repressive regimes that it has admonished for human rights abuses, the Independent exclusively reported Wednesday. The information about the sales to countries, which include Saudi Arabia and Egypt, was found by London-based surveillance watchdog Privacy
The painstaking “artisanal” mining work is performed by hand using mallets and chisels in high temperatures or even pouring rain.
KINSHASA, Congo --- In recent years, activists and independent media have brought attention to “conflict minerals,” key components in technology that are often sourced from war-torn countries. And a recent report from a major human rights group sounds the alarm on a largely overlooked metal that’s being mined by thousands of children and underpaid
The United States supports Myanmar, despite the atrocities against its Muslim minority, in the hopes of accessing its oil reserves and putting increased pressure on China.
SITTWE, Myanmar --- In 2012, after centuries of tension, Myanmar's Buddhist majority began oppressing the nation's Muslim minority, forcing them into concentration camps and carrying out widespread murder and genocidal acts. But more than racism and bigotry have inflamed tensions in this South Asian country, as the United States and its allies
Assistant Seattle Police Chief Bob Merner said at a news conference the victims lived at the encampment. He said of the shooting that police “have reason to believe it was very targeted.”
Two people were killed and three others wounded as shooting erupted Tuesday night at a Seattle homeless encampment known as 'The Jungle,' officials said. Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 7:20 p.m. near Airport Way South and South Atlantic Street south of downtown. They did a search of the wooded area and found five victims,
