The danger of conventional weapons in Syria – watch UK network Channel 4’s documentary on the mass execution by government forces of at least 248 people in the town of al-Bayda. The work ties in directly to today’s new Human Rights Watch report on the massacre.
“The world should pay attention about what is happening in al-Bayda. Why is everyone asleep? Why don't they do something?” said 'Sara,' who survived the massacre.
“It used to be called al-Bayda – the white village. Now they call it al-Sawda - the black village,” 'Sara' said.
Only a few days ago Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote in his much discussed New York Times op-ed on Syria that “God created us all equal.” How ironic, considering the disgraceful homophobic legislation Russia adopted in June.
Given the evidence, the guilty verdict and death sentences for four men in the gang rape and murder of a young student in Delhi in December 2012 are hardly a surprise.
But studies fail to conclusively demonstrate that the death penalty reduces or deters crime. The home minister and his government would do better to address the government’s failure to effectively investigate and prosecute rape in the county.Yemen's human rights minister, Hooria Mashhour, asked parliament to set a minimum age for marriage.
