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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Litigation, Politics, Prosecution
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Guatemalan court overturns Rios Montt conviction
MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala’s highest court late Monday overturned the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt, a verdict that had been hailed by human rights organizations but now hangs in limbo. The Constitutional Court...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Politics, Human Rights, Genocide
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Human Rights, War Crimes, International Criminal Court
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International court to explore investigating Israeli flotilla raid
JERUSALEM -- The International Criminal Court will hold a preliminary inquiry to decide whether a full investigation into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship will be opened, according to a court statement Tuesday. In May 2010, Israeli naval...
Tags: Israel, Politics, Japan, Prosecution, Barack Obama
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Human Rights Watch alleges rebel atrocities in Syria
BEIRUT -- Gruesome video footage purportedly showing a Syrian rebel commander mutilating the corpse of a dead soldier while shouting sectarian insults has drawn condemnation from Human Rights Watch and focused renewed attention on battlefield atrocities...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Human Rights, Islam, Bashar Assad
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Letters: Caution on Syria
Re "Time to act in Syria," Opinion, May 9 Chuck Freilich speaks of the terrible consequences of not dealing with the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war. He focuses only on Bashar Assad's regime as the likely perpetrator. A prominent...
Tags: International Law, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Barack Obama, Bashar Assad, United Nations
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U.N. commissioner warns of possible atrocities in Qusair, Syria
The United Nations commissioner for human rights on Friday warned of possible atrocities in the Syrian town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, as reports emerged of a major military buildup. Commissioner Navi Pillay said Syrian government forces and...
Tags: International Law, U.S. Embassy, Murder, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), National Government
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Prosecution
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Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter
MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Politics, Prosecution, Human Rights
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Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to research funding
Republicans in Congress, long skeptical of the value of some taxpayer-supported research, have taken aim at the National Science Foundation with a bill that seeks to limit the scope of its grants. A draft bill by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar...
Tags: Media Industry, Science, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politics, Bill Posey
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Guatemala high court apparently restarts ex-dictator's trial
MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala’s highest court issued a ruling late Thursday that appears to have broken the complicated legal logjam in the case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who is facing genocide charges in the slaughter of ethnic Maya during...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Politics, Prosecution, Genocide
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Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election
Venezuela's National Electoral Council declared Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, the winner in the presidential election Sunday. But it was a victory in a compromised system that tilted the table in his favor....
Tags: International Law, Radio Industry, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Politics
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