Crimes

From the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices to the bloody end of a nationwide manhunt, events in France this week have laid bare the fault lines with, and within, the country’s Muslim population. That tension extends far beyond France’s borders, and into almost every other European country.

Tens of thousands of images showing tortured and emaciated bodies were smuggled out of Syria by a former government photographer nicknamed “Caesar.” Now some of the photos are being displayed at the US Holocaust Museum as a reminder of the ongoing threat of organized genocide.

More unauthorized immigrants have been deported from the United States since 2008 than in any another two-year period in the country’s history. Just this past Saturday, the so-called Dream Act, which would have offered a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who came here as minors, was stalled in the Senate over a vote […]

A new website called WildLeaks is hoping to do for poaching and wildlife crimes what WikiLeaks did for national security. And after just four months, the portal for anonymous information is already producing results.A new website called WildLeaks is hoping to do for poaching and wildlife crimes what WikiLeaks did for national security. And after just four months, the portal for anonymous information is already producing results.

A decade ago, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ruled that rape can constitute a crime of genocide, but most of Rwanda’s rape survivors still haven’t seen justice in any court.