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A German court jailed a former member of the ISIL (ISIS) group, Taha al-Jumailly, for life after he was convicted of committing genocide against Iraq’s minority Yazidi community. The case involved the death of a five-year-old girl he bought as a slave and then chained up in the hot sun to die. Al...

A new report by the United Nations Development Programme projects that the death toll from Yemen's war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed by direct and indirect causes. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said, "In the case of Yemen, we believe that the number of people who...

The eighth edition of the Palestinian Cinema Days film festival celebrating Palestinian filmmakers and films focused on Palestine came to a close. The final screening for the winning films focused on life under Israeli occupation and in exile. Featured filmmakers commented that they believe many...

The trial of a former Iranian prison official, Hamid Noury, accused of handing out death sentences as part of a 1988 purge of dissidents, moved to Albania on Wednesday, with a witness recalling "shocking scenes." Noury has been on trial at the district court in the Swedish capital Stockholm since...

Protests against the results of Iraq's recent parliamentary election have turned violent in Baghdad, with demonstrators denouncing "fraud" clashing with security forces outside the capital's high-security Green Zone. "So many people in the streets say that they do not believe in this electoral...

The Biden administration has blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the technology company of developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments "that used these tools to maliciously" target a range of actors, including journalists and activists. Danna Ingleton, deputy director of Amnesty...

A Munich court convicted Jennifer Wenisch, a German citizen married to an Islamic State fighter, for “crimes against humanity and attempted war crimes” in the aiding and abetting of the murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl, sentencing her to 10 years in prison. The conviction is believed to be the...

This sixth round of Syrian Constitutional talks between the Syrian government, opposition, and civil society groups has failed to make meaningful progress according to United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen. In January 2018, at the Russian-hosted Syrian peace conference in Sochi, an...

Pastor Alex Cho’s collection of Holocaust artifacts are housed inside the Taiwan Holocaust Peace Memorial, what Cho calls the “smallest Holocaust museum in the world.” As Taiwan reckons with its own past, Cho is also hoping to teach Taiwanese people, and particularly Christians, about the Holocaust...

Street clashes in Beirut are reminiscent of violence during the Lebanese Civil War, harking back to deeper issues emanating from Lebanon’s handling of war from 1975 to 1990 that have not been addressed. “Lebanon is the perfect example showing peace at the expense of justice—which happened to end the...