ali abbas of baghdad iraq

ali abbas was 12yrs of age when this picture was taken, he was being treated at the baghdad hospital where he lost both arms during the american bombing of the city and has sustained serious burns over his body. his parents, brother, three cousins, and three other family members died during the attack.

april 14, 2003

child prisoners of west africa

mohamed conteh, 14, learns that he is sentenced to three years imprisonment for possession of marijuana.

fernando moleres

a spanish photographer who strives for positive change through his work, has won the

tim hetherington grant

from

world press photo

to continue his project on child prisoners in sierra leone. moleres will receive 20,000 euros to continue the project, “waiting for an opportunity.” moleres has visited the west african country three times to capture the suffering of young boys incarcerated with men for years as they await trials in a broken system. he spent most of his time at pademba road prison in freetown, where 32 boys lived with 1,300 adults, moleres said in his project description.

afghan wall art...

by a pashtun mujahid during the afghan-soviet war.

syrian proxy war (FSA)

a free syrian army fighter during a battle with forces loyal to the government in the northern city of aleppo.

dec 26, 2012

gang raped indian teenager kills herself

a 17yr old indian girl who was gang raped killed herself after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on thursday.

amid the ongoing uproar over the gang rape of a student on a bus in new delhi earlier this month, the latest case has again shone the spotlight on the police handling of sex crimes.

one police officer has been sacked and another suspended over their conduct after the assault during the festival of diwali on the 13th of november in the patiala region in the punjab, according to officials.

the teenager was found dead on wednesday night after swallowing poison.

the names, addresses and photographs of convicted rapists will be posted online by police in india to publicly shame them for their crimes

inspector general paramjit singh gill said that the teenager had been “running from pillar to post to get her case registered” but officers failed to open a formal inquiry.

“one of the officers tried to convince her to withdraw the case,” gill, the police chief for the area, told AFP.

before her death, there had been no arrests over her case although three people were detained on thursday. two of them were her alleged male attackers and the third was a suspected woman accomplice.

the victims sister told indian television that the teenager had been urged to either accept a cash settlement or marry one of her attackers.

“the police started pressuring her to either reach a financial settlement with her attackers or marry one of them,” her sister told the NDTV network.

protest of new delhi

earlier today, the indian people protest against the gang rape and brutal beating of the 23yr old student in new delhi

FSA father & child

a FSA fighter carries a baby, the only survivor in his family after an artillery round destroyed his home in aleppo this month.

syrian proxy war (FSA)

FSA soldier walks through the street of syria.

bombardment of gori

zaza rasmadze holds the body of his brother, zviadi, following the bombardment of gori, georgia.

aug. 9, 2008

aleppo air strike

wounded civilians are seen in a field hospital in aleppo after an air strike destroyed a bakery, killing 20 and injuring 80.

aug 21, 2012.

a syrian child...

receives emergency medical assistance in a hospital in tarik al-bab neighborhood. the baby lost her eye after being struck by shrapnel during an aircraft strike on a highway on the outskirts of aleppo.

oct. 21, 2012

syrian proxy war (FSA)

FSA fighters crawl on the sidewalk as they attempt to rescue a syrian civilian who was shot twice in his stomach and back by a syrian army sniper. he was targeted while walking on the frontline in the bustan al-qasr neighborhood of aleppo.

karachi gunmen

in karachi, pakistan a woman wept over her daughter, who was killed when gunmen attacked health workers participating in a national drive to eradicate polio.

dec. 18, 2012

tasneem al-nahal

the body of tasneem al-nahal, 13, lies in the morgue of the al-shifa hospital in gaza city after she was killed by an israeli airstrike in shati refugee camp two days previous.

nov. 20, 2012

FSA funeral

a fighter with the FREE SYRIAN ARMY and others carried the body of another rebel during a funeral in aleppo.

dec. 21, 2012

syrian proxy war stories

a syrian man cries while holding the body of his brother, killed by syrian army shelling, near dar al-shifa hospital in aleppo.

oct. 11, 2012 manu brabo

the peaceful protest of india gate

indian police officers use a water cannon to disperse protesters near the india Gate as they protest against the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23yr old student on a bus last week in new delhi

dec. 23, 2012 SAURABH DAS

STRANGE DAYS

IVE LOST MYSELF THESE PAST FEW MONTHS............ wait here while i share with you the atrocities of this world