Following multiple reports of human rights violations and dozens of gun violence deaths, Colombia’s national police force will institute a training program in conjunction with the United Nations (UN) and the United States. The training program is intended to reform the existing police force and prevent further human rights abuses
As of June 27th, 2022 the United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) was forced to further cut food rations to Yemen due to previously predicted funding gaps. Only one-quarter of the nearly $2 billion needed to fund Yemeni nutritional support was provided by international donors. The failure to hit the
On Thursday, July 28th, President Biden spoke with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The phone call took place while President Biden was recovering from his second bout of COVID-19. The two leaders shared a two-hour and twenty-minute conversation, following on from their conversation on March
On Monday, June 6th, Minister Orlando Jorge Mera of the Dominican Republic was assassinated by Miguel Cruz. Mera was the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from August 2020 until his assassination. The suspect, Miguel Cruz, was arrested after confessing to a local priest. Cruz and Mera were childhood friends
On June 9th, 2022, Algeria suspended the friendship treaty established in 2002 between Algeria and Spain. Tensions between Algeria and Spain have worsened due to Spain’s new position on Western Sahara. Algeria has consistently backed the Polisario Front movement in Western Sahara, which fights for full independence and sovereignty. Morocco
On Monday, May 30th, 2022, Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated that he was willing to facilitate the transport of grain through Ukrainian ports in collaboration with Turkey. However, on Friday, June 3rd, that proposed plan changed, with President Putin now suggesting that the best solution would be to export Ukrainian
On Monday, May 23rd, Rwandan authorities requested that the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM) investigate an alleged attack perpetrated by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwandan Ministry of Defense stated that the attack targeted the Musanze district in north Rwanda and that several civilians were injured. The Democratic
On May 16th, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint advisory to the international community warning that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has engaged in illicit fundraising efforts to support their burgeoning nuclear program. According
Following increased nuclear weapon testing by the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield has called for increased sanctions against Pyongyang and Kim Jong-un. On Wednesday, May 11th, Thomas-Greenfield addressed the UN Security Council (UNSC) and stated that the U.S. is committed to a
On May 4th of 2022, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked the U.S. to increase its financial investment in Central American countries. President Obrador posited that increased U.S. investment in Central America would lessen northward migration by facilitating economic stability. These statements were made amid a reorientation of U.S.-Mexican
Michelle O’Neill, vice president of Sinn Fein, released a statement alluding to the possibility of a referendum to unite Ireland. O’Neill called up the government of Dublin to prepare the logistics for the likelihood of a successful referendum. Calls for a referendum come in light of the United Kingdom’s exit
On April 18th, 2022, an anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced six men to death for a mob lynching of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan. The victim was a 48-year-old man named Priyantha Diyawadanage. Diyawadanage worked as a factory manager in a sports equipment factory in Sialkot. Over 89
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on seven individuals from the Western Balkans for their incitement of and contribution to destabilizing actions and behaviors. These individuals come from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. The individuals sanctioned are Aqif Rakipi, Ylli Ndroqi, Asim Sarajlic, Gordana Tadic,
On February 24th, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine in what has been deemed one of the largest European military troop mobilizations since WWII. The onset of this violent armed conflict has caused one of the worst humanitarian and refugee crises of all time, as more than three million civilians have
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the placement of sanctions on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) after multiple reports of egregious human rights violations. The U.S. has accused the CRP of utilizing cruel and unusual violence in response to protestors, including but not limited to the use of fatal
Last week, human rights advocates in Hungary staged an attempt to invalidate the LGBTQ+ referendum pushed by current prime minister Viktor Orbán. The human rights groups are asking Hungarian citizens to cast invalid votes at the referendum to prevent the proposal from reaching the required quorum. Any proposal in Hungary
