The daily update of human rights events around the world.
DRC: International Court Begins First Trial
Children snatched from Congo streets were trained to kill and forced to fight in a brutal ethnic war, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said Monday as the tribunal opened its historic first trial. NY Times
RWANDA: Congo Presses for Extradition of Warlord
On Sunday, a bunch of former guerrilla fighters lounged around a hilltop army base, picking avocados and looking relaxed. Though their former commander, Gen. Laurent Nkunda, was captured Thursday by the Rwandan Army, the soldiers up here insisted that he was not in captivity but “in negotiations.” NY Times
MIDEAST: Unconventional Warfare on the Rise
Violent conflict is hardly new to the Middle East, but increasingly it is taking the form of unconventional warfare. IPS
COLOMBIA: Entire Battalion Dismantled Over Killings of Civilians
The purge of the Colombian army over killings of civilians passed off as guerrilla casualties continues, this time with the dismantling of an entire army brigade and the removal of 11 officers who served in another battalion. IPS
DARFUR: Killing of 33 civilians in Darfur camp was unlawful, says UN report
A new UN report into the killing of 33 civilians and wounding of 108 others in a camp for displaced people in Darfur last August concludes that Sudanese government security forces violated international human rights law by using lethal force in “an unnecessary, disproportionate and therefore unlawful manner.” UNHCR
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