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The Reckoning - a film about the ICC
The Reckoning - a film about the work of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, in the Netherlands - premiered last night in the USA on PBS's documentary strand, P.O.V.. Watch the trailer above and the full film online, and learn how you can get involved (even if you live outside the USA).
"War Crimes and The White House" - The 2001 Dasht-e-Leili Massacre
This explosive video comes hot off the press from Physicians for Human Rights, and accompanies James Risen's story in today's New York Times alleging that the Bush administration "impeded at least three federal investigations into an alleged massacre of as many as 2,000 prisoners in Afghanistan."
The Next Wave: Life on a Sinking Island in the South Pacific Ocean
"The sea has moved further inland, and it continues to do so... it destroys our food gardens, it uproots coconut trees, it even washes over the sea walls that we have built... Most of our culture will have to live in memory." - Ursula Rakova, Relocation Leader, Carteret Islands -
G8: Spotlight on climate change talks
As 17 world leaders gather in Italy for the expanded annual G8 Summit, many eyes are on the discussions around climate change and the need for reaching an international consensus to reduce global greenhouse emissions.
Xinjiang - clashes continue into third day
Urumqi's streets were again filled with protestors today - Uighur women demanding the release of their men (in front of the lenses of the international media), and Han Chinese men wielding weapons. Riot police have dispersed these latest protests, and a clampdown is in place on social media platforms and internet and mobile communications.
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