CNN 1
Feb 7, 2017
13,000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says
By Joshua Berlinger and Lauren Said-Moorhouse (CNN)-Thousands of people have been hanged at a Syrian prison in a secret crackdown on...
Amnesty International
Feb 7, 2017
Syria: Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya Prison
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass...
Washington Post
Feb 6, 2017
Syria has secretly executed thousands of political prisoners, rights group says
Sednaya prison outside the Syrian capital Damascus where thousands were secretly executed, according to a report by Amnesty...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 20, 2017
Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders
Bulgarian border police stand near a barbed wire fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border on July 17, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Bulgarian law...
Murcadha O Flaherty & Mónica Zorita | ACN UK
Jan 12, 2017
Iraq: IS/Daesh booby-trapped toys to stop Christians returning
Iraqi Christian shows statue decapitated by IS in Mar Addai Church, Karemlash, northern Iraq © ACN Extremists driven out of Iraq's the...
Press Release | The Commission on Security and
Jan 10, 2017
U.S. Helsinki Commission Press Release: SMITH AND ESHOO REINTRODUCE EMERGENCY BILL TO HELP GENOCIDE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE || January 10, 2017 Smith-Eshoo Bill Will Provide Emergency Relief to Christians and Other Religious Minorities Who...
Foreign Policy
Jan 8, 2017
Foreign Policy: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2017
The world is entering its most dangerous chapter in decades. The sharp uptick in war over recent years is outstripping our ability to...
The Washington Times
Jan 6, 2017
Turkish border police reportedly told to wave through bomb supplies for Islamic State in Syria
Turkish intelligence officers ordered the nation’s border police not to inspect truckloads of bomb-making materials shipped by companies...
Amee Florence Payno | The Christian Times
Jan 2, 2017
Violent persecution of Christians expected to increase in 2017, warns charity group
(Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)A photo of Iraqi Christians praying during a mass on Christmas (Dec. 25, 2016) at St. Joseph Chaldean church in...
Foreign Policy
Dec 29, 2016
Syria Will Stain Obama’s Legacy Forever
By David Greenberg Barack Obama’s impending departure from the White House has put many Americans in an elegiac mood. Despite an average...
New York Times 1
Dec 23, 2016
For Liberated Iraqi Christians, Still a Bleak Christmas
Kurdish fighters replaced the cross on the dome of the Church of the Immaculate Conception last month in Qaraqosh. Credit Sergey...
Rudaw
Dec 21, 2016
Yezidi survivor Nadia Murad urges UN Security Council to act
Nadia Murad. Photo: Mark Wilson/AFP ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Words are not enough, action is needed, Yezidi survivor and activist Nadia...