07 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, June 7, 2012
07.06.12
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- The brother of Abu Yahya al-Libi (the militant allegedly killed by a drone strike earlier this week), claims that the US’ drone program is inhumane and makes a mockery of the US claims of upholding human rights standards. IPS offers an opinion piece about how drones fire both ways.
- In what could have been retaliation for the killing of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a bomb has exploded outside the US mission in Benghazi, Libya.
- Slate has an Explainer column discussing how hard it is to shoot down a drone.
- The Sentencing Judgment in the Charles Taylor case is now available online. In light of the recent conviction and sentencing of Charles Taylor, Foreign Policy asks: Are war crimes trials worth the price?
- As the UN met yesterday to discuss measures for Syria, a new massacre was reported to have happened near Hama.
- The US has offered up to $7 million dollars for information leading to the capture of Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia. More information can be found on the Rewards for Justice site.
- The Guardian has an article on the growing campaign in South Africa against the protection of state information bill.
- Russia is set to join the WTO later this year, but an EU report reveals that many Russian regulations still need to be brought in compliance with the future WTO obligations.
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has submitted his first report to the Security Council on the alleged crimes of Joseph Kony, the rebel leader accused of conscripting child soldiers among other war crimes. The report can be found here.
- Judges from the ICTY have travelled to various sites relevant to the indictment of Radovan Karadzic, including the Srebrenica massacre site.
- Lawfare points out that all the living Republican former Secretaries of State have penned a joint op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about why the US should ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- Europe ranks as the best continent to live for LGBTI people, though discrimination problems remain.
- Human Rights Watch reports that the caste system in place in North Korea leads to human rights violations such as abuse and arbitrary detention.
- Human Rights Watch also reports that militias from Liberia are attacking the Ivory Coast.
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