North America & Oceania – Impunity Watch https://impunitywatch.com Had I only known ... Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 ICC Office of the Prosecutor Targets Slavery Crimes with Landmark Policy https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/ https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:44:44 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52840 By: Remy Kane Impunity Watch News Staff Writer THE HAGUE, The Netherlands – On March 19, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor announced that a new Policy on Slavery Crimes is in the works. The policy will mark the first specific action taken by an international judicial institution to combat crimes of…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/feed/ 0 Supreme Court to Hear First Pre-Viability Abortion Case Since Roe v. Wade https://impunitywatch.com/supreme-court-to-hear-first-pre-viability-abortion-case-since-roe-v-wade/ https://impunitywatch.com/supreme-court-to-hear-first-pre-viability-abortion-case-since-roe-v-wade/#respond Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=51555 By: Anna E. Melo      Impunity Watch News Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C., United States – On December 1, 2021, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to evaluate the constitutionality of a Mississippi law restricting access to abortion in most situations after 15 weeks of gestation-period. The Department of Health…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/supreme-court-to-hear-first-pre-viability-abortion-case-since-roe-v-wade/feed/ 0 Disability has been Added on Twitter’s User Reporting Form https://impunitywatch.com/disability-has-been-added-on-twitters-user-reporting-form/ https://impunitywatch.com/disability-has-been-added-on-twitters-user-reporting-form/#respond Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:00:48 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49200 By Sarah Purtill Impunity Watch Reporter, North America North Carolina, USA – Twitter has added a new word for when people want to submit a report about inappropriate behavior on their platform. The word disabled as been added to the list of reasons for reporting someone. This change has been a long time coming according…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/disability-has-been-added-on-twitters-user-reporting-form/feed/ 0 Complaint Expected Regarding YouTube Collecting Data From Children https://impunitywatch.com/complaint-expected-regarding-youtube-collecting-data-from-children/ https://impunitywatch.com/complaint-expected-regarding-youtube-collecting-data-from-children/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:00:02 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49127 By: Sarah Purtill Impunity Watch Reporter, North America SAN BRUNO, California – A complaint is expected in federal court on Monday, April 9th, claiming YouTube has been violating a children’s privacy law. More than 20 consumer advocacy groups are expected to come together and file the complaint. The advocacy groups claim that YouTube has been…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/complaint-expected-regarding-youtube-collecting-data-from-children/feed/ 0 US Supreme Court Again Decides in Favor of Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement in Shootings https://impunitywatch.com/us-supreme-court-again-decides-in-favor-of-qualified-immunity-for-law-enforcement-in-shootings/ https://impunitywatch.com/us-supreme-court-again-decides-in-favor-of-qualified-immunity-for-law-enforcement-in-shootings/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:00:11 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49109 By: Karina Johnson Impunity Watch Reporter, North America WASHINGTON D.C.  — On Monday, April 2, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 7-2 decision to grant qualified immunity from prosecution to a police officer, Andrew Kisela, who shot a woman, Amy Hughes, for holding a kitchen knife outside her home. In May 2010,…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/us-supreme-court-again-decides-in-favor-of-qualified-immunity-for-law-enforcement-in-shootings/feed/ 0 Woman’s Rape Kit Has Finally Been Tested – 10 Years Later https://impunitywatch.com/womans-rape-kit-has-finally-been-tested-10-years-later/ https://impunitywatch.com/womans-rape-kit-has-finally-been-tested-10-years-later/#respond Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:00:45 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49107 By: Sarah Purtill Impunity Watch Reporter, North America NEW YORK, USA – Natasha Alexenko was 20 years old on August 6, 1993 when a man held a gun to her back. She had been trying to get her keys out when she felt the gun against her back. She heard that man say “If you don’t…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/womans-rape-kit-has-finally-been-tested-10-years-later/feed/ 0 L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Sexually Assaulting Six Inmates https://impunitywatch.com/l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-six-inmates/ https://impunitywatch.com/l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-six-inmates/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:00:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49091 By: Karina Johnson Impunity Watch Reporter, North America LOS ANGELES, California — On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was initially arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two inmates at the Century Regional Detention Facility.  As of February 21, 2018, Giancarlo Scotti has been charged with sexually assaulting a total of six…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-six-inmates/feed/ 0 Adult Children Question Elderly Father’s Marriage to Care Giver https://impunitywatch.com/adult-children-question-elderly-fathers-marriage-to-care-giver/ https://impunitywatch.com/adult-children-question-elderly-fathers-marriage-to-care-giver/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:00:47 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49071 By: Sarah Purtill Impunity Watch Reporter, North America CALIFORNIA, USA – A local news station was contacted by the Hess family over their concern for their father’s recent marriage. James Donald Hess, Don lost his second wife in February of 2016. The family says Don became depressed and lonely. At that time, his health was…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/adult-children-question-elderly-fathers-marriage-to-care-giver/feed/ 0 Oakland Mayor Warned Bay Area Residents of Impending ICE Raid https://impunitywatch.com/oakland-mayor-warned-bay-area-residents-of-impending-ice-raid/ https://impunitywatch.com/oakland-mayor-warned-bay-area-residents-of-impending-ice-raid/#respond Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:42:33 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49059 By: Karina Johnson Impunity Watch Reporter, North America OAKLAND, California — On Saturday, February 24, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf issued a news release warning local residents that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be conducting operations in the Bay Area during the next 24 hours.  This warning was posted on Facebook and shared on…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/oakland-mayor-warned-bay-area-residents-of-impending-ice-raid/feed/ 0 Maryland School Shooting Victim Dies in Hospital https://impunitywatch.com/maryland-school-shooting-victim-dies-in-hospital/ https://impunitywatch.com/maryland-school-shooting-victim-dies-in-hospital/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:01:15 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=49004 By: Sarah Purtill Impunity Watch Reporter, North America MARYLAND, U.S. – On Wednesday, March 21, a 17 year old male student opened fire in a Maryland high school. At 7:55AM, Austin Wyatt Rollins used a handgun to shoot two classmates, a male and a female. Less than a minute later, school resource officer Blaine Gaskill…

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