NY TIMES: The United Nations Commission investigating the devolving situation in Syria "received credible and consistent evidence identifying high- and mid-ranking members of the armed forces who ordered their subordinates to shoot at unarmed protesters, kill soldiers who refused to obey such orders, arrest persons without cause, mistreat detained persons and attack civilian neighborhoods with indiscriminate tanks and machinegun fire... A reliable body of evidence exists that, consistent with other verified circumstances, provides reasonable grounds to believe that particular individuals, including commanding officers and officials at the highest levels of government, bear responsibility for crimes against humanity and other gross human rights violations."
(Source: inothernews)
“The torture is being carried out by officially recognised military and security entities as well as by a multitude of armed militias operating outside any legal framework…after all the promises to get detention centres under control, it is horrifying to find that there has been no progress to stop the use of torture.”
Several people have died after being tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, humanitarian group Amnesty International has said. It claimed to have seen patients in Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan with open wounds to their head, limbs and back. (via newsflick)
It’s gotten so bad that Medecins Sans Frontieres is pulling out of Misrata altogether.
(via inothernews)
Walmart, Target, Hanes, Macy's Linked To Rape Factory In Jordan
Some of the biggest names in American retail have been linked to a Jordanian garment factory that allegedly rapes, tortures, and abuses its female workers, according to a report by the Institute of Global Labour and Human Rights, formerly known as the National Labor Committee. In a petition on Change.org, the human-rights organization accuses supervisors at Classic Factory, which supplies clothing to Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Hanes, and Land’s End, of sexually assaulting dozens of migrant workers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, most of whom are virtually imprisoned in dilapidated surroundings. “We only went to Jordan to earn money to help our families,” says a young woman who goes by the name “Nazma” to protect her identity. “We had no idea that factory managers would rape so many of us young girls.”
Jesus fucking christ.
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That is so interesting… I might use this in m senior thesis…
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