Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: investigators bring DR Congo victims closer to justice

In 2020, the UN Human Rights Council mandated a Technical Assistance Team to support judicial investigations into serious crimes in the Kasai provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A year later, that mandate was expanded to cover the … Continue reading

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Forensics: “Will take years.” Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims

The process of re-exhuming of some of the 19 bodies exhumed a year ago for testing in an effort to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre , then reburied in an Oklahoma cemetery, began Wednesday to gather more … Continue reading

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Forensics: Bodies exhumed from mass grave in Ukraine’s liberated Lyman

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Covered head-to-toe in protective suits, forensic workers pulled several bodies wrapped in black plastic from a mass grave Tuesday in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman, part of an arduous effort to piece together evidence of what … Continue reading

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Forensics: USF anthropologists begin transfer of ancient ancestors to Native American tribes

USF anthropologists begin transfer of ancient ancestors to Native American tribes I USF News — Read on http://www.usf.edu/news/2022/usf-anthropologists-begin-transfer-of-ancient-ancestors-to-native-american-tribes.aspx

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Forensics: Recovering and Identifying Bodies in Ukraine ‘Likely To Continue for Years’

Bodies decompose at a variety of rates depending on the temperature, humidity, insects and clothing, leading to difficulties identifying individuals. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-dead-bodies-identification-forensics-decomposition-1749422

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Forensics: California Legislation to End Wrongful Convictions Due to Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 467. SB 467, the End Wrongful Convictions Act, amends the standards used for evaluating expert testimony and forensics in court post-conviction. This law will take … Continue reading

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Forensics: #NamUs Selects Othram as a Forensic Genetic Genealogy Partner

Great news! Im very proud to be able to assist NamUs with Missing and Unidentified cases. September 27, 2022 — Othram, the leading forensic sequencing laboratory for law enforcement, and the National Missing and — Read on http://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/9/prweb18921844.htm

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Criminal law: Asylum-seeker takes her own life, New York City mayor says

An unidentified asylum seeker died in a suicide in a New York City shelter on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asylum-seeker-takes-life-new-york-city-mayor-says-rcna48351

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Forensics: Horror of the Ukraine war: Izium bodies show signs of torture and execution | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent

Over 400 people are being recovered from shallow graves outside the town of Izium, Ukraine. DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze visited the horrific scene and spoke to investigators, who believe war crimes took place there. — Read on http://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-izium-bodies-show-signs-of-torture-and-execution/a-63163444

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Forensics: Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San Francisco

A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city. — Read on m.startribune.com/woman-whose-rape-dna-led-to-her-arrest-sues-san-francisco/600206222/

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