April, 2022
Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors.
April 22, 2022 · By Clarissa Ward, Frederik Pleitgen, Ben Wedeman, Vasco Cotovio and Ivana Kottasová, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors. This story contains graphic imagery. (CNN)Indiscriminate killings of civilians attempting to flee the violence. Victims found with their hands tied behind their backs. An attack on a maternity hospital, a theater turned shelter bombed. The list of atrocities and apparent war crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine gets […]
Read More...‘Significant’ human rights abuses were committed by and for PH gov’t, says US State Dep’t
April 21, 2022 · By Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet for globalnation.inquirer.net
‘Significant’ human rights abuses were committed by and for PH gov’t, says US State Dep’t MANILA, Philippines — The United States has received “credible information” showing that significant human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, have been made “by and on behalf” of the Philippine government, and that the Philippine National Police was “largely ineffective” in […]
Read More...Culture of impunity: Two Filipinos killed every day since Jan. 1 – think tank
April 21, 2022 · By Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Culture of impunity: Two Filipinos killed every day since Jan. 1 – think tank MANILA, Philippines — At least two Filipinos have been killed daily since the start of the year, underscoring the continuing culture of impunity in the country even in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an independent monitoring group. The Institute […]
Read More...Soc Villegas: Beyond death we are priests forever, we are also Filipinos forever
April 21, 2022 · By Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Soc Villegas: Beyond death we are priests forever, we are also Filipinos forever MANILA, Philippines — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas on Thursday reinforced his position as both a priest and a Filipino citizen, reiterating the patriotic duty to partake in politics “Pro Deo et patria” (for God and country). According to Villegas during the Chrism […]
Read More...An important message from Senator Bernie Sanders
April 21, 2022 ·
An important message from Senator Bernie Sanders April 2022 Climate change is an existential threat to our planet. To put it simply, if the United States and the global community don’t get their act together and move away from fossil fuels in a very aggressive way, the planet we will be leaving our kids and […]
Read More...Zelensky voices concern Russia may use nuclear arms
April 21, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Zelensky voices concern Russia may use nuclear arms Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia could use nuclear weapons out of desperation as its invasion falters, echoing comments by CIA director William Burns in the US. Asked about the threat, Mr Zelensky said “all of the world” should be worried that Russia “began to […]
Read More...Situation in Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha – Zelensky
April 19, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Situation in Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha – Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the situation in the town of Borodyanka was “significantly more dreadful” than in nearby Bucha, where Russian forces’ suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned. In Borodyanka, about 60km northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, families looking for relatives […]
Read More...‘Horrific’ strike kills 52 at train station in Ukraine
April 19, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
‘Horrific’ strike kills 52 at train station in Ukraine US President Joe Biden accused Russia of carrying out a “horrific atrocity,” after a rocket attack on a train station packed with conflict evacuees in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk left at least 52 dead – including five children. More than a month into President […]
Read More...Tropical storm Megi ravages Philippines in Holy Week
April 19, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Tropical storm Megi ravages Philippines in Holy Week Tropical storm Megi continues to ravage the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines after making landfall on April 11. The death toll has risen to 59 while 27 are still missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Landslides and street flooding have forced […]
Read More...Timor-Leste rights group condemns UK pedophile priest
April 19, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Timor-Leste rights group condemns UK pedophile priest An international group advocating human rights in Timor-Leste, of which a UK pedophile priest was a supporter, has taken down an appeal for financial support he had set up for the group following his conviction for child sex abuse last week. “We are shocked and embarrassed that a […]
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