WikiLeaks: Kony 2012 creators spied for Uganda

http://rt.com/usa/news/kony-2012-uganda-invisible-649/ Published: 10 April, 2012, 09:20 Edited: 10 April, 2012, 20:39 An armed fighter of the Lord’s Resistance Army (AFP Photo / Stuart Price) The Invisible Children NGO, most famous for its Kony 2012 online video, helped the Ugandan government arrest a former child soldier and backed an operation that killed more civilians than militants, […]

Cult of the ‘Holy Death’: Eight arrested in Mexico after woman and two 10-year-old boys are ‘ritually sacrificed’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123207/Eight-people-Holy-Death-cult-arrested-Mexico-ritual-sacrifices-woman-10-year-old-boys.html The victims blood was found poured round an altar to an idol dressed in robes  Pagan/Catholic cult now has two million members By Paul Milligan PUBLISHED: 08:54 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:05 EST, 31 March 2012 Eight people have been arrested in northern Mexico have over the killing of two 10-year-old boys […]

Nearly 1,000 Pakistani women were victims of honour killings last year… but true number could be far higher

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118931/Nearly-1-000-Pakistani-women-victims-honour-killings-year.html Report by Pakistan’s leading human rights group reveals at least 943 women were killed However, many cases are thought to have been covered up by relatives and sympathetic police officers By Kerry Mcqueeney PUBLISHED: 17:11 EST, 22 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:12 EST, 22 March 2012 Nearly 1,000 women and girls in Pakistan were […]

Congo war lord found guilty of stealing children from families and training them to fight his brutal civil war

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114878/Congo-war-lord-Thomas-Lubanga-guilty-stealing-children-training-fight.html First conviction in ten years by the International Criminal Court By Mail Foreign Service PUBLISHED: 08:20 EST, 14 March 2012 | UPDATED: 10:05 EST, 14 March 2012 A Congolese warlord was today convicted of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers in the International Criminal Court’s first judgment at the Hague […]

UN Torture Chief: Bradley Manning Treatment Was Cruel, Inhuman

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/manning-treatment-inhuman/ By Kim Zetter Email Author March 12, 2012 | 3:06 pm The U.S. government’s treatment of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was cruel, inhuman and degrading, according to a report from the United Nations special rapporteur on torture. The finding, from Juan Mendez, comes following a 14-month investigation into the treatment of Manning during his pre-trial […]

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17330205 A US soldier in Afghanistan has killed at least 16 civilians and wounded five after entering their homes in Kandahar province, senior local officials say. He left his military base in the early hours of the morning and opened fire in at least two homes; women and children were among the dead. Nato said […]

Truth Check: Is Iraq Killing Hundreds of Emo Teens?

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/03/truth-check-iraq-killing-hundreds-emo-teens/49736/ Irakna Seth Abramovitch 3,321 Views Mar 10, 2012 A shocking new report  claims between 90 and 100 Iraqi teenagers who dress in “emo” fashions — characterized by tight jeans and graphic T-shirts, accessories, and longish haircuts — have been stoned to death over the past few weeks by Shiite fundamentalists, a response to a […]

U.N. and State Department Condemn Deadly Strikes on Gaza

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/03/UN-State-Department-Condemn-Israel-Strikes-Gaza/49743/ AP Seth Abramovitch430 Views Mar 10, 2012 The second day of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has resulted in the death of 15 Palestinian militants, the AP reports. It’s the deadliest day of violence in that region in over a year. The strikes comes in response to the firing of over 100 rockets by Palestinians […]

Pope weighs into gay marriage row condemning ‘powerful, political and cultural currents’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112857/Pope-weighs-gay-marriage-row-condemning.html By Steve Doughty PUBLISHED: 16:02 EST, 9 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:02 EST, 9 March 2012 The Pope yesterday condemned David Cameron’s plan to allow same-sex marriage, calling it an attack on justice. He said that marriage between a man and a woman must be preserved because it protects parents, children and the whole […]

Mormon Church shuts down whistle- blower’s access to list of people posthumously baptised… but says it is to ‘protect’ Jews and Catholics not hide the names

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112157/Mormon-baptism-dead-Church-shuts-access-list-people-posthumously-baptised.html By Meghan Keneally UPDATED:12:39 EST, 8 March 2012 Officials from the Mormon church have shut down outsider access to their database that lists the names of people they have baptised, as their practice of posthumously baptising famous individuals of other faiths has drawn much criticism. Though church leaders say the reason for the crackdown […]