On Monday, September 28th, an unsettling video was released that displayed staff in a Quebec hospital harassing an Indigenous woman who lay on her deathbed. Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman, arrived at Joliette hospital in Quebec on Monday, complaining of stomach pain. The mother of seven had previously suffered
The United Nations chief has expressed that he is “extremely concerned” over the eruption of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Following violence that escalated on September 27th, at least 23 people were killed over the dispute between the former Soviet Union states. António Guterres, the
On September 16th, 2020, UN investigators found Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and top ministers responsible for crimes against humanity which includes extrajudicial executions, illegal detentions, enforced disappearance and systemic use of torture. Marta Valiñas of Portugal, Francisco Cox Vial of Chille, and Paul Seils of Britain investigated allegations against Venezuela’s
President Donald Trump’s nomination of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court justice to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sparked questions about whether a court with a conservative majority could re-assess issues like abortion rights. Abortion is a historically divisive topic, mythologized in American political ideology
