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Two and a half years into the Syrian civil war, the Syrian government attacked its own people with chemical weapons. On August 21st, 2013, rockets delivering deadly Sarin gas landed in Ghouta, a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus. It is not clear ho
Although I didn't know the five police officers who were killed, or the seven who were wounded in Dallas this week - I really did know them. 虽然我不认识本周达拉斯被枪杀的五名警察,以及负伤的七名警察,但我确实了解他
Sudan Rejects Calls for International War Crimes Tribunal on Darfur In a joint Security Council appearance Tuesday, Sudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha, southern rebel leader John Garang and specia
Pressure Increases on US to Change Myanmar Policy Amid a brutal military crackdown that started in August of 2017,more than 700 thousand Rohingyas have fled their homes in Myanmars Rakhine State to camps in neighboring Bangladesh. 在一次始于2017年
By Stefan Bos Budapest 18 March 2006 Slobodan Milosevic's long time secretary Mirjana Dragojevic mourns on the marker of his grave Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died in his cell in
Serbia says war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic avoided capture for some 13 years by living under a false identity in the Serbian capital Belgrade and practicing alternative medicine. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest. People in the Bosnian c
Russian Laws Keep Gay Life Behind Closed Doors When gay rights activists recently released a rainbow of balloons from a Saint Petersburg park, the predictable happened. City police herded activists into a waiting bus. Then, black-shirted nationalists
Former Torture Center Teaches Khmer Rouge History Teacher Ser Sayana stands before a classroom of foreigners and tries to cover in 15 minutes the violent history of Cambodias Khmer Rouge. She says the course, sponsored by the Documentation Center of
US Touts Coalition to Fight Islamic State 美国吹捧联盟, 以此对抗伊斯兰国家 WASHINGTON The Obama administration is expressing confidence in the formation of an international coalition to combat Islamic State radicals who control swaths
Leading the news, the families of those killed on flight MH17 will gather in Canberra today for a national service to mark the first anniversary of the disaster. The plane was shot down over Ukraine, killing almost 300 people, including 38 Australian
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The writer Ariel Dorfman - born in Argentina, raised in Chile, now living and teaching in the U.S. - is known around the world for his art and his activism in behalf of human rights. His signature work, Death And The Maiden, a 19
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There is a movement to change the names of two landmarks in Yellowstone National Park, the nation's oldest national park. And that is bringing to light long buried atrocities. Yellowstone Public Radio's Nate Hegyi has this report
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 July 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is urging all armed parties in North Kivu province to stop the widespread pillaging and atrocities that are leading to a humanitarian disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UNHCR
Israel has rejected international pressure for an immediate, even if temporary, cease-fire five days into its offensive against Hamas militants and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Despite massive damage and a toll of nearly 400 Palestinians killed,
Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. A prayer assembly for peace is set to be held in a square outside the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Now lets go live to the peace rally. This years event has gathered more than 5,000 people,
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 July 2006 The U.S. military has been hit with a series of allegations that soldiers and Marines in Iraq committed atrocities against civilians during the last several months. The allegations have resulted in investigations,
Some non-governmental organizations have held testimonial events in Japan about the Nanjing Massacre, to reveal the atrocity to the Japanese people. Survivors have been invited to personally recount their ordeals. Iain McKinnell has the details. Mass
By Sarah Simpson Abuja 06 October 2007 Nigeria gave seven soldiers a state burial in the federal capital Abuja on Friday. The seven were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA from Abuj
Israel has rejected international pressure for an immediate, even if temporary, cease-fire five days into its offensive against Hamas militants and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Despite massive damage and a toll of nearly 400 Palestinians killed
More Children Fall Victim To Street Shootings Amid Spike In Chicago DAVID GREENE, HOST: So far this year, nearly 370 children in the United States who are 12 years old or younger have been harmed or killed by gunfire. This is according to the non-pro