Day: July 30, 2023

U.N. Official Calls For U.S. To Shut Down Guantanamo Bay Facility

A representative from the United Nations has ordered the United States to apologize for the inhumane torture and treatment of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, to take full responsibility for the abuse and human rights violations perpetrated there, and, ultimately, to shut down the unethical U.S. military prison facility. U.N. representative

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Anti-Corruption Activist Flees Honduras After Receiving Threats

Gabriela Castellanos, one of Honduras’ leading anti-corruption advocates, said that she left Central America after receiving threats just weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro’s government of nepotism. Working as the executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (C.N.A.), Castellanos investigated public corruption in Honduras for nearly a decade before abruptly

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Settler Violence and Lack of Accountability in Turmus Ayya

This week, a large mob of Israeli settlers attacked Turmus Ayya in retaliation for two armed Palestinians’ attacks, killing four settlers. Thirty-four people were injured, 30 homes, 60 cars, a gas station, multiple shops, a mosque and a school were destroyed, and 140 vehicles, an ambulance and farmland were burnt

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