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Leaked: Shock Footage Allegedly Shows Syrian Family Slain by Rebels

According to RT sources opposition rebel groups were responsible for the massacre.

(ROME / MOSCOW) - Footage showing the results of an alleged massacre in the Syrian city of Hama in April has been obtained by Russia Today. Sources say that opposition rebels committed the atrocity.

The video shows the bloodstained bodies of four victims lying on body-bags on the floor of a morgue.

A Message from Jenvey Baylis: 12-Year Old Sex Abuse Victim in UK

Children in London are suffering sex abuse as a result of a court's decision.

(SALEM / LONDON) - This story defines the tragic politics of courts in the UK and the toll they take on children.

This is about kids being forced to live in a home of sex abuse right now, by law.

Montford Point Marines Honored with Congressional Gold Medal

Approximately 20,000 African American recruits were trained at Montford Point during World War II.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The first African American Marines, also known as Montford Point Marines, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center today.

Hero on the Run: Julian Assange and his US Detractors

Who is the real criminal?

(LONDON) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be treated as a hero, not hunted as a criminal, because he has exposed US violations of domestic and international law.

If Assange had instead exposed the sins of Russia in Chechnya or China in Tibet, he would have been praised within the halls of the US Congress.

My Confession of Hate

Human rights violators, your time in this world is drawing to a close.

(SALEM) - The meaningful human being has a strong code, at all times in all respects with no exceptions. Those willing to do the devil's work get no free pass for 'following orders'.

I hate you if you support war crimes and human rights violations. I utterly abhor you if you stand for state terrorism and I am your enemy...

(VIDEO) Young Hip-Hop Artist `JB` Gives Local Farm Two Thumbs Up

What happens when you mix Hip Hop, world citizenry and strawberries? (Includes JB's music video 'Can't Lose Bully Proof)

(BOSTON) - “A day in the country is worth a month in the city,” wrote the 19th-century English poetess Christina Rosetti.

This Short Film Makes It Personal: Stop Governments From Torturing!

WARNING: Startling video. Watch with Discretion. Hooded was produced by Amnesty International

(SALEM, Ore.) - 'Hooded' is an exploration of visual and auditory senses to convey the horrific nature of torture. It combines extensive sound design with abstracted visuals to provide a disturbing experience.

It is a powerful reminder that torture is barbaric and never justifiable.

Police Arrest Six at State Capitol During Earth First! Timber Protest

Salem timber protest kept local law enforcement officers busy.

(SALEM) - Cascadia Earth First! and Cascadia Forest Defenders converged at the Oregon State Capitol after the regional Earth First! Rendezvous.

Activists staged a “die-in” and hung banners reading, “Oregon: For Sale by Kate Brown and Ted Wheeler” and “Defend Oregon, No Compromise, Earth First!”

Rare Sumatran Rhino Gives Birth at Indonesian Sanctuary

Birth of Baby Rhino Represents Hope for Species Survival.

(LAMPUNG, Indonesia) - The International Rhino Foundation is pleased to announce the birth of a bouncing baby male rhino born to Ratu, a 12-year-old Sumatran rhino living at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park.

The calf was born on June 23 with no complications, attended by Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary veterinarians, Ratu’s keepers and advisors from the Cincinnati Zoo and Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

Sri Lanka Can`t Deny This Disturbing Video Proves Sri Lanka Army Committed War Crimes

One casualty of war was Shoba, also known as Issapria, a reporter from TamilNet.

(SALEM) - Issapria, even in death, tells a story of sex abuse, murder and mass deception by the Sri Lankan Army.

She was captured alive, bound, raped, then staged to appear as a dead combatant. Video recorded of her alive, half nude and disoriented, sitting in what appears to be shallow water, proves that she was taken as a captive of the Sri Lankan Army. However there is no question that she died as an army prisoner and the position her body was left in leaves no question that she was sexually assaulted.