Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Cop-created lie detecting scam.

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Forensics: Ukraine DNA efforts to identify the victims of war. They are overwhelmed. BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63987512

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Forensics: Crimes against children. Ombudsman: Children’s torture chamber found in liberated Kherson

Ukrainian authorities discovered a room that Russians used to detain and torture children during the occupation of Kherson, Dmytro Lubinets, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada, said on Dec. 14. — Read on kyivindependent.com/news-feed/ombudsman-childrens-torture-chamber-found-in-liberated-kherson

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Forensics: 15,000 Missing Persons in Ukraine. A Ukrainian woman’s harrowing quest to find her family

Nina Melenets buries her son more than seven months after she says he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/a-ukrainian-woman-s-harrowing-quest-to-find-her-family/101757840

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Forensics: Canadian Authorities Object to Searching Public Landfill for Murdered Missing Indigenous Women

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-winnipeg-landfill_n_639662c0e4b0804966adad1d

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Forensics: Biden signs bill into law extending investigation of civil rights era lynching cold cases

Biden has signed a bill into law that would extend the time a panel has to investigate lynching cold cases that took place during the Civil Rights era. | TAG24 — Read on http://www.tag24.com/politics/us-politics/biden-signs-bill-into-law-extending-investigation-of-lynching-cold-cases-2683343

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Forensics: Dirty Cops. Nearly 200 convictions linked to discredited NYPD cops dismissed at Manhattan DA’s request

Nearly 200 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight former New York Police Department officers who were themselves previously convicted of crimes have been vacated at the request of the Manhattan district attorney’s office. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/us/manhattan-da-vacate-misdemeanor-convictions/index.html

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Forensics: Police arresting elementary school kids an ongoing horror. Disabled and minority kids 5x more likely to be handcuffed.

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Forensics: Body with gunshot found in search for Tulsa massacre victims

A second body of a possible victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been found to have a gunshot wound, according to the city. “Forensic anthropologist Dr. Phoebe Stubblefield discovered that one of the three sets of remains exhumed … Continue reading

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Forensics: In Ukraine, a mobile DNA lab helps relatives identify bodies

A mobile DNA laboratory was set up this week in Izyum, eastern Ukraine, to spare relatives of the war dead the pain of visually identifying bodies. — Read on http://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221104-in-ukraine-a-mobile-dna-lab-helps-relatives-identify-bodies

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