Category: Syria

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

Islamic State Group Recruits, Exploits Children

November 26, 2014

Originally posted on Yahoo News Digest on November 23, 2014— “In Raqqa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria, boys attend training camp and religious courses before heading off to fight. Others serve as cooks or guards at the extremists’ headquarters or as spies, informing on people in their neighborhoods. Across the vast region … More Islamic State Group Recruits, Exploits Children

UN Human Rights Commissioner Attacks Security Council for Failure over Syria

August 28, 2014

By Sam Jones for The Guardian on August 22, 2014— “The outgoing UN human rights commissioner has launched a blistering attack on the UN security council, saying that “international paralysis” and competing national agendas have cost hundreds of thousands of lives and allowed “killers, destroyers and torturers” in Syria to believe they can act with … More UN Human Rights Commissioner Attacks Security Council for Failure over Syria

SYRIA: Abuses in Kurdish-Run Enclaves

June 23, 2014

June 19, 2014 on Human Rights Watch— “Kurdish authorities running three enclaves in northern Syria have committed arbitrary arrests, due process violations, and failed to address unsolved killings and disappearances, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Democratic Union Party (PYD), an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has effectively ruled … More SYRIA: Abuses in Kurdish-Run Enclaves

U.N. Report Details Abuse of Children in Syrian War

March 10, 2014

By SOMINI SENGUPTA for The New York Times on February 4, 2014— “United Nations investigators say in a new report that children in Syria have been sexually abused in government detention, recruited to fight with the opposition, tortured and used as civilian shields. The report, the first to assess the impact of the nearly three-year-old … More U.N. Report Details Abuse of Children in Syrian War