Extrajudicial killings

military regime lasted six years, 1976-1982. Brazil’s lasted 21 years, 1964-1985. However, they each experienced them in a completely different manner. At the end of the Argentine military regime, the Latin American country had had 30,000 extrajudicial killings, whereas Brazil had had 10,000, even though the Brazilian military regime lasted 15 years longer than Argentina’s. During the late 20th century, Brazil and…

According to International Socialist Review, “The drug war is a killing machine. The level of violence and slaughter is similar to conventional warfare.” In other words, the damages are for the general population affecting in all aspects as the political climate, economic climate and social climate. Consequently,…

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away a guy named Spock had something called the Force. Captain Kirk was taking voyages on the Millennium Falcon across the galaxy, and Luke Skywalker was killing Klingons all over the Death Star. Star Wars and Star Trek imagine a future where technology has magnificent implications and improved the lives of many people; the technological advancements are most impressive. In the current time, society is making fantastic technological advancements leaps in its…

Inhumane acts, constituting a crime against humanity in violation of article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute The pre-trial chamber found substantial grounds to believe Muthaura and Kenyatta were criminally responsible for the alleged crimes as indirect co-perpetrators. The charges against Ali were rejected. On January 23, 2012, Pre-Trial Chamber II found that the prosecutor’s evidence failed to satisfy the evidentiary threshold required under the Rome Statute to bring Kosgei and Ali to trial.…

controversial court case over the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman which the court decided to not indict him on murder charges, because of this there was a large social uprising against the decision which in turn created the group. Black Lives Matter mission statement is “Black Lives Matter is a call to action and a response to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society. Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black…

militaries main targets are those who are believed to be terrorists. “Believed” is a strong word in this situation because according to the law, one is innocent until proven guilty—which drones do not bother practicing. UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Phillip Alston, took a stand against the CIA and their drone…

the grounds that he is dead, but rather on account of supported shock, first by his lamenting family, then over video accessible from onlookers, then by individuals in his group denied answers, then by stunned nationals around the district. Extrajudicial killing of Black Americans, particularly our young fellows, is basic today. Numerous pass unnoticed. Things are what they are, the reason the consideration regarding this homicide? To begin with, police declined to allow anybody close to…

south, Lynching took place given it represented the white hatred for blacks. Lynching occurred in America during the 18th century and through the 1960’s. It took place in the southern Border states of the U.S. Lynching was extrajudicial punishment,a way for terrorizing, and killing the blacks for no apparent reasoning. Beck adds, "Lethal mob violence for seemingly minor infractions of the caste codes of behavior was more fundamental for maintaining terroristic social control than punishment…

criminal activity. If at all police, as law enforcers, have the leeway of arresting and prosecuting law offenders, why is that they decide to kill their offenders? The discussion in the website strongly features minority populations as victims of extrajudicial killings in the USA (Henry & Franklin, 2017). The latest example has been in Baltimore. TheHill.com reports of a 2014 poll where young African Americans did not accord the police any respect or legitimacy. The reason behind this is the…

Racism, it is the dark monster in our closet. Nobody wants to talk about it. We all have read the books, seen the videos, and realized how wrong we were as a nation. I felt wrong just seeing injustice perpetrated on people during the civil rights movement. I am sickened by how we have taken that legacy and pissed on it; people are using the very rights that brave people fought for and disgracing them. Overall there are three main topics that sum up why racism is still here today. First, black…