January, 2022
Rebuilding lives on storm-stricken Philippine islands
January 21, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Rebuilding lives on storm-stricken Philippine islands Eighty-eight-year-old Anastasia Baroro begged the media to send out her short message. “Please, air this so my children can watch it,” she told a reporter covering the aftermath of Typhoon Rai in Cebu in the central Philippines. He expected to hear her lament how the typhoon had turned her […]
Read More...‘Deliberate intent to kill’: 17 cops face murder for 2 Bloody Sunday killings
January 20, 2022 · By JAIRO BOLLEDO, LIAN BUAN for www.rappler.com
‘Deliberate intent to kill’: 17 cops face murder for 2 Bloody Sunday killings (2nd UPDATE) The NBI finds a similar modus: Cops wore bonnet masks in implementing the search warrant, told neighbors to shut their windows, and killed the victims who ‘were in upright positions and at a lower position than the shooter’ MANILA, Philippines […]
Read More...The past seven years have been the hottest in recorded history, new data shows
January 20, 2022 · By The Washington Post for www.washingtonpost.com
Global temperatures in 2021 were among the highest ever observed, with 25 countries setting new annual records, according to scientists from NASA, NOAA and Berkeley Earth The past seven years have been the hottest in recorded history, new data shows In the middle of a historically sweltering summer, a NASA researcher stood before Congress and […]
Read More...Universal Jurisdiction convicts Syrian rights abuser
January 20, 2022 · By Jenny Hill, BBC News Koblenz, Germanyfor www.bbc.com
Universal Jurisdiction convicts Syrian rights abuser A German court has sentenced a Syrian colonel to life in prison for crimes against humanity in a historic trial. Anwar Raslan, 58, was linked to the torture of over 4,000 people in Syria’s civil war in a jail known as “Hell on Earth”. The trial in Koblenz is […]
Read More...Dutch King Willem-Alexander retires coach amid slavery row
January 20, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Dutch King Willem-Alexander retires coach amid slavery row The Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander has announced that Dutch royals will cease using a historic golden carriage amid a debate over slavery links. Critics say that one side of the horse-drawn carriage, called De Gouden Koets, is decorated with an image that glorifies the country’s colonial past. Out […]
Read More...Opposing Violence Against Women and Children
January 20, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Opposing Violence Against Women and Children Shay Cullen 20 January 2022 Most people turn away from bad news especially during the coronavirus pandemic but it is causing greater levels of sexual abuse and violence against women and children as lock-downs continue. We must ask, so we can know how to act: why is there a […]
Read More...Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, partner gets 15
January 19, 2022 · By Agence France-Presse for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, partner gets 15 Idi, Indonesia — An Indonesian woman was flogged 100 times Thursday in conservative Aceh province for adultery while her male partner, who denied the accusations, received just 15 lashes. Ivan Najjar Alavi, head of the general investigation division at East Aceh prosecutors office, said the court handed down […]
Read More...Syria torture: German court convicts ex-intelligence officer
January 19, 2022 · By Syrian civil war for www.bbc.com
Syria torture: German court convicts ex-intelligence officer A German court has sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to four-and-a-half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity. Prosecutors in Koblenz successfully argued that Eyad al-Gharib, 44, had helped to arrest protesters in 2011 who were later tortured and murdered. The case was unprecedented for […]
Read More...Prayer for Justice and an End to Gender Violence
January 19, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer for Justice and an End to Gender Violence Fr. Shay Cullen We renew our pledge to work for justice for the abused and exploited children, and for the vulnerable victims of gender violence. Give us inspiration Lord to stop anyone throwing stones, being violent against others, blaming the innocent, exploiting the poor. Let us […]
Read More...Baby found by teenagers in -20C in Siberia doing well
January 18, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Baby found by teenagers in -20C in Siberia doing well A baby abandoned in temperatures as low as -20C (4F) in Siberia is doing well, according to Russian officials. The newborn was found by five teenagers in an egg box on a remote road near the village of Sosnovka outside Novosibirsk on Friday, local reports […]
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