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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a deadly airstrike by the Russia’s-Africa Corps in central Mali, saying the strike appeared to be an arbitrary attack that may have violated international humanitarian law. The Russian government-controlled Africa Corps launched the airstrike that killed eight civilians, including three children, on June 15. The strike hit the [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized insurgent armed groups, the Malian armed forces and allied militias, and Russian mercenaries, which have all committed “serious abuses of human rights against civilians” amid an insurgency fueled by long-standing ethnic tensions in the country. Commenting on the large scale of atrocities committed against civilians in Mali, senior Sahel [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Wednesday finding that Burkina Faso’s military forces have killed around 1,800 civilians and forcibly displaced others since 2023. The report documents widespread abuses by all sides to the conflict, warning that the scale and systematic nature of the violence may amount to war crimes and crimes against [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that recent attacks by Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have resulted in civilian deaths and significant infrastructure destruction, constituting war crimes. The rights organization called on authorities to investigate these crimes and urged the international community to provide necessary support to Burkina Faso. HRW stated that armed [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed Tuesday that an al-Qaeda-linked armed group summarily executed 10 long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices in late January in southwestern Mali as part of the group’s attack on a fuel convoy, and deemed the acts “apparent war crimes.” HRW called on the Malian government to “seek assistance from the [...]

The most striking aspect of the Trump administration’s legal argument for the attack on Iran is that, in practical terms, it simply does not exist. When President Donald Trump announced that the United States was “at war,” he claimed the strikes were intended to eliminate “imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” yet offered no evidence [...]

On Saturday morning, February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities across 24 provinces. Iran’s Red Crescent reported at least 201 people killed and 700 injured. US President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” and openly urged regime change. Iran retaliated [...]

A military drone strike in western Niger killed at least 17 civilians, including four children, and injured at least 13 others when it hit a crowded market on January 6, according to an investigation by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released Monday. The afternoon strike in Kokoloko village in the Tillabéri region killed three Islamic State [...]

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited living intellectuals, described by The New York Times as “arguably the most important intellectual alive,” and widely regarded as the father of modern linguistics. Author of numerous influential works, including Manufacturing Consent, Hegemony or Survival, and Who Rules the World?, Chomsky has shaped both linguistic theory and [...]

The UN Security Council on Thursday announced its adoption of Resolution 2799, which removes two individuals, including Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, from its sanctions list for figures associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda, a move widely celebrated as presaging a revival of Syria’s economy. Fourteen members of the [...]