Tharcisse Muvunyi, a lieutenant in the regime, was arrested in England on Saturday. Stories emerged of soldiers using automatic weapons at close range, and indirect evidence already suggests an additional 14 murders which are currently under investigation. The Russian military has taken no serious action to bring the military killers to justice. Brazil has become the 94th country to add its name to a statute supporting the creation of a worldwide human rights court. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in July 1998, supports the creation of a permanent international court to prosecute the perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
Brazil has yet to ratify the statute, however.
In fact, only six of the signatories have ratified it, and 60 states are needed before it takes effect. The statute's current form was adopted with the agreement of 120 of the 148 countries present. Seven countries voted against it and 21 abstained. The Malaysian government has announced that it will begin requiring the country's Muslims to tithe. Muslims comprise over half of the nation's 22 million people.