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Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad regime: Prosecutor
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5 days, 18 hours ago

Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad regime: Prosecutor

India Today  

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and Najha near Damascus, former …

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After Assad’s fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria’s mass graves is just beginning
5 days, 23 hours ago

After Assad’s fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria’s mass graves is just beginning

Associated Press  

NAJHA, Syria — Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the bodies of tens of thousands of people killed under Bashar Assad’s rule. Rapp is working with two organizations that aim to help document mass graves and identify officials implicated …

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Syria: Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in mass graves, advocacy group says
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6 days, 18 hours ago

Syria: Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in mass graves, advocacy group says

CNN  

CNN — Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed during the brutal rule of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad. Hundreds of thousands of bodies of people “tortured to death by the Assad regime” could be buried in a mass grave east of Damascus, according to Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of …

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For the families of Syria’s disappeared, hope fades but the demand for justice grows
1 week ago

For the families of Syria’s disappeared, hope fades but the demand for justice grows

CNN  

CNN — More than a week after Bashar al-Assad fled Syria and his regime collapsed, hundreds of thousands of Syrians still have no answer to two questions that have haunted them for years, even decades. Courtesy Hazem Dakel “Now that people are able to talk, they are naming people, and I got details of exactly what happened in prison, and …

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Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering
1 month, 1 week ago

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Salon  

Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who was performing surgery at Al-Ahli when the roof fell in, gave an extraordinary press conference. Related Why warzones are the perfect place for antibiotic resistance and …

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Mother weeps and begs for help in finding daughter missing for four days after Valencia floods - as 10,000 troops join desperate rescue efforts amid fears death toll could skyrocket with 'mass graves'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mother weeps and begs for help in finding daughter missing for four days after Valencia floods - as 10,000 troops join desperate rescue efforts amid fears death toll could skyrocket with 'mass graves'

Daily Mail  

A desperate mother has begged rescuers to find her daughter who has been missing for four days following severe flooding in Spain with the death toll continuing to rise. We're looking for her and if she is out there and suddenly doesn't remember us, Janine please contact us' Rescue teams search for missing people in a flooded residential car park …

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Instruction manual for digging mass graves given to Russian troops
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Instruction manual for digging mass graves given to Russian troops

The Telegraph  

The Kremlin has for the first time distributed a manual to soldiers on how to dig and maintain mass graves as Russia suffers growing casualties in its war in Ukraine. A 20-page textbook, Civil Defence: Urgent burials of corpses in wartime, is filled with diagrams showing mass graves with body bags piled on top of one another. “Under normal working …

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High burial costs and a crowded public morgue could force Papua New Guinea to rethink its 'taboo' around death
3 months ago

High burial costs and a crowded public morgue could force Papua New Guinea to rethink its 'taboo' around death

ABC  

Outside the gates of Port Moresby's public morgue, Albert Sarufa prepares for a 150-kilometre journey to lay a family member to rest. But the city's governor says families could help too by better planning for death and changing their burial practice — including by adopting cremation, which is less common in the overwhelmingly Christian nation. "Nobody will avoid death but …

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Mass graves, cremations as Wayanad landslides death toll crosses 300
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mass graves, cremations as Wayanad landslides death toll crosses 300

Hindustan Times  

Wayanad: It is a little after 11am and there is a slight drizzle. It snakes past coffee plantations on either side, a small temple, and finally leads to the graveyard, where around 100 men are toiling strenuously to dig 20 graves on one end, one after the other. Over 300 have been killed in landslides in Wayanad since Tuesday Officials …

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Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered?
7 months, 1 week ago

Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered?

Al Jazeera  

Calls for an independent inquiry are mounting as more burial sites are found across Gaza, but experts say bringing the truth to light will take time. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said: “It’s important that all forensic evidence be well preserved.” But as Israel intensifies its assault on the southern city of Rafah, having closed the crossing into Egypt and preventing …

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UN chief calls for independent probe into Gaza mass graves
7 months, 3 weeks ago

UN chief calls for independent probe into Gaza mass graves

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres says it is ‘imperative’ that independent investigators are allowed the immediate access to mass graves in Gaza to determine the circumstances behind the deaths. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has demanded an independent investigation into reports by Palestinian authorities of mass graves discovered in Gaza after bodies with hands tied or medical tubes attached to them were found …

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Al-Shifa, Nasser hospital staff questioned by ICC prosecutors: Report
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Al-Shifa, Nasser hospital staff questioned by ICC prosecutors: Report

Al Jazeera  

Investigators are reportedly interviewing staff from two damaged hospitals where mass graves have been found. International Criminal Court prosecutors have reportedly gathered testimony from staff of two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip, in what is believed to be the first confirmation that ICC investigators are speaking to medical workers about possible crimes during Israel’s nearly seven-month war on the …

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Ali: University protests dominate media coverage, obscuring the true horror of Gaza war
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ali: University protests dominate media coverage, obscuring the true horror of Gaza war

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator is released after being taken into custody at USC on Wednesday. There’s been a stunning lack of coverage and outrage following an announcement Friday by Palestinian authorities that they’d uncovered 390 bodies from mass grave sites around Gaza’s Nassar and Shifa hospitals, facilities that were raided and destroyed in Israeli strikes. But critical questions remain around Gaza’s …

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Israel-Gaza news: UN says evidence of Gaza mass graves must be preserved
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Gaza news: UN says evidence of Gaza mass graves must be preserved

The Independent  

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Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves

Al Jazeera  

Some victims found at two hospitals were ‘buried alive’ while others were ‘executed’ by the Israeli military. Mass graves found in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip containing 392 bodies, including those of women, children and the elderly, showed signs of torture and executions, officials in the enclave have said. On the sixth consecutive day of digging up bodies in …

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Gaza mass grave: Almost 400 bodies have been found, says Palestinian Civil Defense
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Gaza mass grave: Almost 400 bodies have been found, says Palestinian Civil Defense

CNN  

CNN — Authorities in Gaza have concluded their search of mass graves at a hospital in the south of the strip and said they have uncovered a total of 392 bodies, including some still wearing surgical gowns. The Israel Defense Forces said any suggestion that it had buried Palestinian bodies in mass graves was false, and that a grave at …

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Uncovering of mass grave at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital: What you need to know
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Uncovering of mass grave at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

More than 300 bodies retrieved from two of the largest hospitals in Gaza after Israeli sieges end this month. Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman with the UN’s human rights office, said some of the bodies found at the Khan Younis hospital were “found with their hands tied and stripped of their clothes”. “What distinguishes mass graves from other mass burial sites …

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UN demands investigation after mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
7 months, 4 weeks ago

UN demands investigation after mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. In response to a CNN inquiry about the mass graves at Nasser Medical Complex, the Israeli military said on Tuesday that the “claim that the IDF buried Palestinian bodies is baseless and unfounded.” People and health …

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UN calls for investigation into mass graves uncovered at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
7 months, 4 weeks ago

UN calls for investigation into mass graves uncovered at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations called Tuesday for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. Earlier Tuesday, U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said he was “horrified” by the destruction of the Shifa medical center in Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in the …

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As more bodies found, UN’s Turk ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports
8 months ago

As more bodies found, UN’s Turk ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights chief calls for independent and transparent inquiry after Palestinian authorities uncover hundreds of bodies at hospital. Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and reports of mass graves found in and around the hospitals amid Israel’s war …

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Mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

LA Times  

Children practice a fencing game this week on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, as the country prepares to mark 30 years since the genocide in which Hutu extremists killed hundreds of thousands, most of them Tutsis. The digging goes on, a scene that’s become all too familiar in a verdant area of rural southern Rwanda, where the discovery in October …

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New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide
8 months, 2 weeks ago

New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

Associated Press  

HUYE, Rwanda — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The digging goes on, a scene that’s become all too familiar in a verdant area of rural southern Rwanda, where the discovery in October of human remains at the site of a house under construction triggered another search for new …

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Mass graves are still being found, almost 30 years after Rwanda’s genocide, official says
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Mass graves are still being found, almost 30 years after Rwanda’s genocide, official says

Associated Press  

KIGALI, Rwanda — A Rwandan official said Thursday that the remains of 119 people believed to be victims of the 1994 genocide have been discovered in the country’s south, as authorities continue to find mass graves nearly three decades after the killings. The remains of more victims continue to be found because perpetrators of the genocide tried their best to …

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Victims of Rwandan genocide still being found 30 years on
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Victims of Rwandan genocide still being found 30 years on

Al Jazeera  

With shovels and garden hoes, villagers stood this January digging where a house once stood in Rwanda to reveal a mass grave filled with bones – victims of the genocide still being found 30 years on. ‘Decent burial’ But such graves are still being found across the country with grim regularity, underscoring the sheer scale of the slaughter between April …

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