The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "atrocities" ...
-
Incarcerating Japanese Americans: An Atrocity Revisited
The article reviews the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. It discusses the social constructs that led up to the imprisonment, and whether or not those constructs still exist to the extent that such a policy could happen again.
Tags: None
-
The Looting of Yugoslavia
With a fragile peace in place, most Americans would undoubtedly like to forget the eight years of war, atrocities and suffering that have been visited upon the Balkans. But the man most responsible for this modern tragedy, Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic, remain in power, unchastened by the West and emboldened by his own survival. In "The Looting of Yugoslavia," U.S. News & World Report reveals how Milosevic has secretly turned his sights on his own country, raiding its banks and businesses to sustain his despotic rule and enrich his family and courtiers. The story details how more than a dozen of Milosevic's top ministers not only run the government, but also control the nation's largest, state-owned companies, funneling money form these businesses into their own private firms and their own pockets.
Tags: None
-
How did we deserve this?
Swiss businessman Henri Dunant helped found the Red Cross movement in 1863, when delegates from 16 countries gathered in Geneva to lay down basic principles for the conduct of warfare. The Red Cross went into Chechnya in August 1996, to help war victims. In December 1996, six of its workers were murdered. It was the worst atrocity directed at the Red Cross in its 133-year history.
-
No title (id: 9673)
San Francisco Examiner finds that many Latino immigrants live in slave-like conditions; wage violations, rapes, beatings and brutal conditions are standard for this population and such atrocities are ignored by the state agency which is supposed to protect its rights, Jan. 10 - 13, 1993.
Tags: CA Marinucci 39 pages
-
No title (id: 9396)
ABC News exposes evidence of the atrocities committed against the Kurdish people by the regime of Saddam Hussein; reporter obtained access to documents captured by the Kurdish resistance revealing the systematic campaign to wipe out the Kurdish people; U.S. government was aware of the attacks, but turned a blind eye because good relations with Saddam were considered more important, May 11, 1992.
Tags: Lower Litke tape