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South Sudan urged to end death penalty as evidence shows children among dead

December 7, 2018 Civil War, Newsbeat, Op-Eds, South Sudan

An inmate with shackles around his ankles skips over an open trench at Rumbek’s central prison in South Sudan (Photograph credit: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

Rise in state-sanctioned executions condemned by Amnesty International as ‘outdated and inhuman’ By Karen McVeigh Dec 7th, 2018(SSNN) — Children are among those being executed in South Sudan, in an “extremely disturbing” escalation of the state’s use of the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since the county gained […]

These are the countries with the largest refugee populations

November 28, 2018 Civil War, World

November 28th, 2018(SSNN) — The Central American migrants who have arrived in Mexican towns along the southern border in recent weeks are part of a worldwide movement of people—from Africa to Asia to South America—who are crossing borders to escape violence and poverty in search of shelter and asylum. Amid the developments on the U.S.-Mexico border, we take a look at some of […]

In South Sudan, a new approach in ending child soldiers’ use

November 25, 2018 Civil War, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Child soldiers in South Sudan conflict....

JUBA, South Sudan, Nov 25th, 2018 (SSNN) — After coming face to face with “unpredictable” gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed U.N. peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war. In an interview with The Associated Press in civil war-torn South Sudan, Romeo […]

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