IS looting provokes call for global response
IS looting provokes call for global response By Jane O’Brien – BBC News, Washington 17 April 2015 Looting and destruction of artefacts from ancient sites is rampant across Islamic State-controlled […]
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More Than Collateral Damage: The Systematic Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Yemen’s Civil War
Yemen The current fight for Yemen’s future comes at a very high price for its citizens. Yemenis are suffering loss of life, loss of their homes and possessions, and a […]
Cultural Property: Current Problems Meet Established Law
By: Tess Davis A Conference jointly presented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, University of Pennsylvania Thursday 26 March 2015 – Friday […]
Culture in Conflict: Where can ISIS get $1 Million?
By: Katie A. Paul With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the world rightfully asked how a militant faction too extreme for Al-Qaeda transformed itself […]
Regional Conference Aims to Shut Down ISIS Funding from Antiquities Looting and Trafficking
EMERGENCY STRATEGY SESSION TO CONVENE IN CAIRO, MAY 13-14, 2015 (Washington, D.C.) – In response to the unprecedented destruction of historical sites and antiquities by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, The […]
ISIS assault on civilization targets relics once saved from looters
ISIS assault on civilization targets relics once saved from looters Published March 11, 2015 FoxNews.comWatch the latest video at video.foxnews.com When Jabbar Jaafar watched video of ISIS members with sledge-hammers […]
Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities
As ISIL extremists intensify their shameful march of destruction – destroying or looting and trafficking our shared heritage – The Antiquities Coalition is calling for immediate steps that the United States […]
Antiquities Coalition Appeal to the International Criminal Court
On Friday, March 6, 2015 — after we learned of the alleged bulldozing of Nimrud by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — the Antiquities Coalition wrote Fatou Bensouda, […]
RESPONSE BY ANTIQUITIES COALITION CHAIR DEBORAH LEHR ON ISIS’ DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF NIMRUD
Every person on the planet should pause after yesterday’s violent attack on humanity’s heritage and understand ISIS’ intent not only to control the future of humankind but also to erase […]
Antiquities Coalition Statement on Mosul Museum
Following the events in Mosul last week, the Antiquities Coalition strongly supports the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and […]
Egypt Organizes an International Conference to Combat the Looting of Culture Heritage in the Arab World
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt intends to organize an international conference addressing the looting of culture and heritage of the Arab world in May, titled “Cultural Heritage under Threat” in Cairo. […]
Egypt Takes the Lead to Combat Looting
The Antiquities Coalition commends the Egypt government’s leadership in the global fight against cultural racketeering – the systematic looting and trafficking of antiquities by criminal organizations or terrorist networks. Egyptian […]