Category Archives: human rights violations

Fforensiccs: Human experimentation. J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits

The company funded experiments on mostly Black men comparing the effects of talc and asbestos on their skin — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/j-j-s-controversial-prison-testing-resurfaces-in-baby-powder-lawsuits

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Forensicsshf : Police explain how rape kit ended up in a database – Mission Local

The San Francisco Police Commission grilled police department leaders Wednesday about the policies and procedures that allowed officers to use DNA — Read on missionlocal.org/2022/03/police-explain-how-rape-kit-ended-up-in-a-database/

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Ukraine Forces Reportedly Kill Russia General Andrei Sukhovetsky in Blow to Invading Army

A colleague of General Andrei Sukhovetsky posted news of his death on social media and Ukrainian and Russian media outlets have also published the story. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sukhovetsky-conflict-1684441

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Forensics: Elon Musk launches satellite capability that provides Internet for Ukraine.

The story is embedded in this news report. https://youtu.be/PNQHuFciLm8

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Forensics: Russian police arrest great grandmother protesting Ukraine.

Remarkable and saddening image from Russia as riot police bundle away babushka protesting against nuclear war pic.twitter.com/AOum9szH5D — Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 2, 2022

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Forensics: Germans Seize Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s Mega-Yacht

His 512-foot yacht Dilbar, which has been in Hamburg since October for refitting, appears to be the first Russian-owned yacht frozen by authorities since Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine. — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/03/02/germans-seize-russian-billionaire-alisher-usmanovs-mega-yacht/

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Forensics: Review of custody deaths in US govt run Native prisons. 20 deaths in 5 years. Problem: Ex-cop is the reviewer.

http://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1078887784/interior-department-hires-former-top-cop-to-review-jail-deaths-on-his-watchThis

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Forensics: Unequal justice. Why did Tennessee’s Pamela Moses receive a six-year prison sentence?

Rachel Maddow Show: When Pamela Moses tried to register to vote — not cast a ballot, just register — she was criminally charged and sentenced to six years. — Read on http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-did-tennessee-s-pamela-moses-receive-six-year-prison-n1288648

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Forensic UK: Commitee established to study age estimation of asylum seekers. Headed by Dame Sue Black.

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Forensics: 500 NYC Convictions to Be Tossed Based on Cop’s Alleged Perjury, DA Says – NBC New York

Bad apple? Who else knew of this? Prosecutors in the Bronx say more than 500 convictions have been or will be dismissed because they relied on testimony from a former NYPD detective now facing… — Read on http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/500-nyc-convictions-to-be-tossed-based-on-cops-alleged-perjury-da-says/3505488/

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