Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Ukraine DNA lab set up in Uman to identify bodies of people killed in Russian missile strike

Bodies of several people killed in the Russian missile strike on the city of Uman remain under the rubble of the destroyed building. A DNA lab has been set up near the site of the Russian attack to identify the … Continue reading

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Forensics: Major insight of poor reporting of #MMIW to #NamUS. Study raises questions about missing and murdered Indigenous women

Details presented describing National weaknesses solving these cases. Study dove deep into the data in urban and rural regions A recent study offers new insights and raises new questions about the national public health crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous … Continue reading

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Forensics: Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People | The Daily Chronicle — Read on http://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-launches-cold-case-unit-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people,317806

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Forensics: Nazi-era Credit-Suisse bank accounts revealed still active in 2020.

Chairman Press | Chairman’s Newsroom | Chairman | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget — Read on http://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/credit-suisse-maintained-nazi-linked-accounts-into-21st-century-subpoenaed-records-show

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Forensics: Unethical lawyers lose out. Federal Appeals Court rules wrongfully imprisoned NC brothers don’t owe former law firm

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling favoring two wrongfully imprisoned N.C. brothers against their former law firm. The firm had sued the brothers to recover unpaid legal fees and expenses. — Read on … Continue reading

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Forensics: More on abysmal medical incompetence in prisons. Illinois prisoners endangered by lack of medical staff

An independent monitor reported problems are largely related to major staffing shortages, with 46% of medical positions left unfilled. — Read on http://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-prisoners-endangered-by-lack-of-medical-staff/f2940a7b-59ec-44e0-a238-ec7ede5948fd

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Forensics: An alternate legal universe. The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and media.

The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and spread by right-wing media | Media Matters for America — Read on http://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/junk-science-ruling-restricting-mifepristone-approval-uses-language-directly-lifted

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Forensics: Searching for descendants. Tulsa Race Massacre investigators have sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims

The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city’s prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169464890/tulsa-race-massacre-dna-sequencing-mass-graves

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Forensics: Florida bill to criminalize filming police actions is yet another anti-Black move

This proposal would make already tense situations worse and allow police to abuse their authority, Francesca Menes writes. — Read on news.yahoo.com/florida-bill-criminalize-filming-police-223303803.html

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Forensics: Investigation identifies soldier, “Kadyrov’s nephew”, who shot forensic expert in Izium

Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have identified a Russian soldier suspected of killing forensic expert Fedir Zdebskyi in occupied Izium in May 2022. Source: Text of notice of suspicion, Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office Details: According to the … Continue reading

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