In Mexico, funding cuts that are a part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten efforts to search for the over 61,000 disappeared persons in the country. The government body known as the Commission for Assistance to Victims (CEAV) faces significant cuts, which could be as high as
The Balikpapan district court in Indonesia found seven Papuan men guilty of treason. The seven men prosecuted are part of the “Balikpapan Seven” group of West Papuan activists and university students who were arrested last August. They were found guilty for their involvement in anti-racism protests that erupted as a
A recently released media report stated that Russian military intelligence offered fighters linked with the Taliban money in exchange for killing US troops and other NATO members operating in Afghanistan. The Taliban and Russia have denied these allegations. The report, first posted by the New York Times, said that US
