Lisa Vives

Lawyers, Rights Groups Rally Around Author Of “Blood Diamonds,” Facing Jail

If convicted, the author faces up to nine years in prison and damages of 1.2 million dollars on the charge.

Lisa Vives
By Lisa Vives
Rafael Marques de Morais.

Rafael Marques de Morais. NEW YORK, Mar 31 2015  - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have signed an open letter demanding justice for crusading Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, whose exposés

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South Sudan Frees Hundreds Of Child Soldiers, Including 9-Year Old Girl

Some 12,000 children are still in active combat both on the side of the rebels and militias allied to government, Unicef says, making the removal of child fighters from the conflict a difficult task.

Lisa Vives
By Lisa Vives

A Sudanese family takes shelter at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan.  (AP/UNAMID) NEW YORK, Mar 24 2015 - South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the government signed last May. Over the weekend, 654

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