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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker speaks to the press as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Lawyer Clemence Bectarte (R) and Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker (L) react as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials in Paris FA

Lawyer Clemence Bectarte (R) and Attorney in International Criminal and Human Rights Law Patrick Kroker (L) react as a trial in absentia ended with a life imprisonment verdict against three high-level Syrian officials, Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for complicity in crimes against humanity and for their role in the deaths of two French Syrians Mazen Dabbagh and his son Patrick at the Palais de Justice in Paris on May 24, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli airstrikes kill 36 military personnel in Syria's Aleppo

STORY: Israeli airstrikes kill 36 military personnel in Syria's Aleppo SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosions at the targeted site STORYLINE: Thirty-six Syrian military personnel were killed in multiple Israeli airstrikes that targeted military bases in Syria's northern city of Aleppo before dawn Friday, a war monitor reported. The strikes hit a Hezbollah warehouse in the Jibrin area near Aleppo International Airport, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based watchdog group said the attacks, which reverberated across the northern Aleppo countryside for about three hours, resulted in the most deaths of Syrian military personnel due to Israeli airstrikes. Defense factories in the Safira area were also targeted, the watchdog added. A statement from the Syrian Defense Ministry said that around 1:45 a.m. local time on Friday (2245 GMT Thursday), the Israeli

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Human rights abuses behind Canada's unmarked graves

STORY: Human rights abuses behind Canada's unmarked graves DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: SASKATCHEWAN, Canada CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cemetery 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CANDYCE PAUL, Member of Emergency Management Team in La Plonge at The English River First Nation, Saskatchewan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAWN MCINTYRE, Offspring of a survivor in Saskatchewan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PATRICK DJONAIRE, Survivor of Beauval Indian Residential School 5. various of a memorial monument STORYLINE: Recently, 93 potential unmarked child and infant graves were uncovered at a former residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada. Local residents believe that colonialism and human rights abuses behind the residential school system are continuously challenging Canada. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CANDYCE PAUL, Member of Emergency Management Team in La Plonge at The English River First Nation, Saskatchewan "We want the government to acknowledge those deaths and those wrongdoings, wheth

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Peru declares health emergency due to spike in Guillain-Barre syndrome cases

STORY: Peru declares health emergency due to spike in Guillain-Barre syndrome cases DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:44 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the decree 2. various of streets in Peru 3. various of the Peruvian Ministry of Health 4. various of the Minister of Health inspecting a hospital 5. various of patients STORYLINE: The Peruvian government declared a 90-day national health emergency Saturday due to the "unusual increase" of cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which total 165 with four deaths. The decree, published in the official gazette El Peruano, details an action plan which has been drawn up with a budget of 12.12 million soles (3.3 million U.S. dollars) to improve patient care in health facilities, reinforce case control and prepare informative material for the population and health personnel. Among the measures were the acquisition of intravenous immunoglobulin and human albumin, as well as specialized diagnosis of the biological agents associated with the sy

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Rains wreak havoc in India states, at least 6 dead

STORY: Rains wreak havoc in India states, at least 6 dead DATELINE: June 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of water flow over the road 3. various of traffic in Himachal Pradesh STORYLINE: At least six persons died and 10 were injured in rains-related incidents in India's northern hilly state of Himachal Pradesh over the past few days, confirmed a senior official of the state's disaster management authority over the phone on Monday. He said efforts were being made to assess the overall loss of human lives and property in the state due to floods, and that the final estimates would be known in a day or two. All the deceased were locals. "The deaths occurred due to human fault as the deceased's vehicles got stuck in gushing waters. Perhaps they didn't follow the directions laid out by district administrations in such situations," said the official. Besides, Kullu and Manali's areas witnessed cloudbursts, leading to a floods-like

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NAMIBIA-DESERT ELEPHANTS-SURVIVAL

(230613) -- WINDHOEK, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 9, 2023 shows a group of desert elephants walking at the Hoanib River drainage in northern Namibia. Desert elephants from the arid lands of Kunene Region in northern Namibia are battling for their survival as a combination of human-caused mortality, which accounts for over half of the adult deaths, and a distressing lack of successful calf survival plunges their population into a critical state. TO GO WITH "Human activity threatens survival of desert elephants in Namibia: study" (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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NAMIBIA-DESERT ELEPHANTS-SURVIVAL

(230613) -- WINDHOEK, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 8, 2023 shows two desert elephants walking at the Hoanib River drainage in northern Namibia. Desert elephants from the arid lands of Kunene Region in northern Namibia are battling for their survival as a combination of human-caused mortality, which accounts for over half of the adult deaths, and a distressing lack of successful calf survival plunges their population into a critical state. TO GO WITH "Human activity threatens survival of desert elephants in Namibia: study" (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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NAMIBIA-DESERT ELEPHANTS-SURVIVAL

(230613) -- WINDHOEK, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 8, 2023 shows a desert elephant walking at the Hoanib River drainage in northern Namibia. Desert elephants from the arid lands of Kunene Region in northern Namibia are battling for their survival as a combination of human-caused mortality, which accounts for over half of the adult deaths, and a distressing lack of successful calf survival plunges their population into a critical state. TO GO WITH "Human activity threatens survival of desert elephants in Namibia: study" (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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Cider poisoning causes 18 deaths in Russia

STORY: Cider poisoning causes 18 deaths in Russia DATELINE: June 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cider factory (source: Sledcom) STORYLINE: At least 18 people have died in two regions of Russia after drinking cider, TASS news agency reported on Monday. So far, 16 people in Ulyanovsk region and two others in Samara region were killed by the Mr. Cider-brand alcohol, while two cases of poisoning were also recorded in Udmurtia and the injured are in critical condition. Multiple victims are hospitalized in the three regions. The drink was produced at a factory in Samara region and the authorities did not specify which substance in the cider led to the poisoning. Anna Popova, head of Russia's consumer rights and human well-being watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, has instructed withdrawal of all such products. Law enforcers have detained Mr. Cider producers and suppliers and an investigation is underway. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting f

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Sorry, grandpa

SASEBO, Japan - A scarecrow resembling an abandoned human skeleton forms part of a piece commenting on cases in which families were unaware of, or hid, the deaths of elderly relatives, in some cases to unlawfully claim their pensions, on Sept. 25, 2010. In the foreground is a sign reading, ''Are you there, grandpa...? Sorry about being unaware for 30 years.'' About 100 scarecrows have been displayed for the annual ''Onigigo Tanada Matsuri'' festival in rice paddies in the town of Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Discriminatory law enforcement against ethnic minorities in some countries keep emerging: diplomat

STORY: Discriminatory law enforcement against ethnic minorities in some countries keep emerging: diplomat DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UN offices in Geneva 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN XU, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva 3. various of files of incidents and demonstrations in the U.S. STORYLINE: A Chinese envoy told the UN rights body on Tuesday that discriminatory law enforcement against ethnic minorities by law enforcement departments and related violence and deaths in some countries keep emerging. Chen Xu, head of the Chinese Mission to UN in Geneva, made the remarks at the on-going 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN XU, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva "I have the honor to speak on behalf of a group of countries. Though more than two years have passed since African American George Floyd died from police violence in law enfor

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Commentary: U.S. haunted by human-trafficking tragedy

STORY: Commentary: U.S. haunted by human-trafficking tragedy DATELINE: July 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of newspaper titles and street views of the U.S. STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The death toll of migrants in a sweltering 18-wheeler on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, has risen to 53, 40 male and 13 female. 'Deaths of 53 migrants in Texas stoke grief, fears of a deadly summer' -- this is the title of the report by The Washington Post. 'Tractor-trailers are common because these criminal organizations are trying to maximize profit.' 'When U.S. Immigration Policy Kills' -- this is the title of the commentary by The Wall Street Journal. 'Human smuggling is an ugly business, and sometimes a murderous one. The death of at least 50 migrants trapped in a truck in broiling heat is a crime, but it's also another sign that America lacks a humane, sensible immigratio

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Experts slam U.S. violation of human rights

STORY: Experts slam U.S. violation of human rights DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Researcher, Philippine-BRICS Strategic Studies 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HELEN, Social worker and professor in social science, with U.S. nationality that lives in El Salvador 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOSEPH MATTHEWS, Senior professor at BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh STORYLINE: Shootings, riots, racism, hatred, inequality, and 1 million COVID-19 deaths... Experts slam U.S. violation of human rights, revealing the hidden social problems of the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Researcher, Philippine-BRICS Strategic Studies "That's the hypocrisy of the United States. They're too hypocritical that they even criticize other countries about human rights records, about democracy, about racial discrimination and human rights vio

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Over 40 people found dead inside 18-wheeler in Texas, U.S.

STORY: Over 40 people found dead inside 18-wheeler in Texas, U.S. DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: HOUSTON, the United States CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent "More than 40 undocumented migrants were found dead on Monday inside an 18-wheel tractor-trailer in San Antonio, a major city in south central U.S. state of Texas, local media reported. Ron Nirenberg, mayor of San Antonio tweeted Monday night "More than 40 hopeful lives were lost. I urge you to think compassionately, pray for the deceased, the ailing, and their families at this moment." "Migrants seeking asylum should always be treated as a humanitarian crisis, but this evening we're facing a horrific human tragedy," the mayor lamented. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott slammed U.S. President Joe Biden for the tragedy. He tweeted, "These deaths are on Biden. They are a result of his deadly open border policies." The bodies wer

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U.S., UK inextricably linked to Syrian people's misery: diplomat

STORY: U.S., UK inextricably linked to Syrian people's misery: diplomat DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the United Nations 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIANG DUAN, Minister of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva STORYLINE: A senior Chinese diplomat has said that the United States and the United Kingdom are inextricably linked to the Syrian people's misery. Jiang Duan, minister of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva made the remarks at a discussion on Syria held during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council Friday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIANG DUAN, Minister of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva "The United States and the United Kingdom are inextricably linked to the Syrian people's misery. In Syria, airstrikes by the United States, the United Kingdom, and others have resulted in a substantial number of civilian deaths and displacement

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Sorry, grandpa

SASEBO, Japan - A scarecrow resembling an abandoned human skeleton forms part of a piece commenting on cases in which families were unaware of, or hid, the deaths of elderly relatives, in some cases to unlawfully claim their pensions, on Sept. 25, 2010. In the foreground is a sign reading, ''Are you there, grandpa...? Sorry about being unaware for 30 years.'' About 100 scarecrows have been displayed for the annual ''Onigigo Tanada Matsuri'' festival in rice paddies in the town of Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Peru marks 20th anniv. of end to hostage crisis at Japan envoy house

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, shown in this photo taken in Lima in December 2014, took to Twitter on April 20, 2017 to praise the operation he ordered to rescue hostages taken by leftist guerillas at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador in the Peruvian capital in 1997, two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the event. The operation to end the four-month-long hostage crisis resulted in the rescue of 71 hostages and the deaths of one hostage, two soldiers and the guerillas. Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights violations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo