The South American country, Colombia, has announced its plans to repeat the previous year’s widespread coca eradication for 2021. With the use of a banned herbicide, glyphosate, manual eradication will be replaced with aerial spraying and will wipe out 321,237 acres or more of coca crops. Coca leaves are used
On the 6th of January, the world stood still and watched Capitol Hill was stormed by a mob in an attempt to overturn the result of democratic elections. This is the final moment that represents the legacy of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. A violent
On Saturday December 12, dissident Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam was executed by hanging in Iran, according to state television IRIB. United Nations Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, voiced outrage at Iran’s execution of the media activist and opposition figure. “I am appalled at the execution in Iran on 12 December
On 28 December 2020, 37-year-old Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan earlier this year. The trial, which lasted less than three hours, was described by Zhang’s lawyer, Zhang Keke (not related), as being “hollow.” Speaking to
The Senate in Argentina voted 38-29 on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 to approve a bill to legalize abortion. The law legalizes abortion for all cases of pregnancy for up to 14 weeks, which represents a significant shift from the status quo, which only allowed abortion in cases of rape or
