Author: Luke Unger

Poland Plans A State Of Emergency On Belarus Border Amidst Refugee Crisis

Poland’s government plans to impose emergency laws to stem the flow of migrants illegally crossing from the Belarus border, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated last Tuesday. Meanwhile, 32 refugees remain stranded between the Polish and Belarusian border with little to no shelter and diminishing food supplies. This is the

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Sweeping Israeli Arrest Campaign Sees Thousands Of Palestinians Detained Last May

Within the month of May, figures reported the Palestinian prisoners’ association Addameer showed that roughly 3,100 Palestinians including children were arrested by Israeli authorities in a crackdown across Israeli and Palestinian territories. The report noted that the majority of these arrests occurred within Israel’s ‘Green Line Boundary’. Roughly 2,000 of

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Estimated 200 Schoolchildren Abducted In Nigeria By Armed Gang

Around 200 schoolchildren have been reportedly abducted by armed men on motorbikes in Central Nigeria on the 30th of May. The pupils, who attended the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina town, Rafi, in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger, were abducted by men who fired their weapons indiscriminately at

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Children as Young as 11 Beheaded in Mozambique

A new statement by Save the Children on the 16th of March has said that children as young as 11 have been beheaded by terrorist groups in Cabo Delgado as conflict continues to ravage Mozambique, displacing thousands. The humanitarian organisation said it had spoken to displaced families who described violent,

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Rape In Tigray Conflict Occurred “Without A Doubt,” Ethiopian Minister Admits

Ethiopian Minister for Women Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed noted February 11th that rape had been committed “conclusively and without a doubt” within Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region. The statement, which expressed a rare acknowledgement of the toll on Ethiopia’s Tigrayan population, comes after a task force conducted investigations into allegations of mass

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UN Warns Of Growing Civil Unrest And Violent Repression In Haiti

The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned that increasing political tension within Haiti, coupled with ‘insecurity and structural inequalities’ could spark widespread and potentially deadly protests. The growing likelihood of mass public demonstrations has raised ‘concerns of renewed human rights violations by security forces during the policing of protests

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Ethiopian Military Say They Now Control Tigray Capital

On Saturday the 28 November, Ethiopian military leaders stated they now have “full control” of the capital of the Tigray region, Mekelle. The announcement comes after the Tigray government reported the area was being “heavily bombarded” as the military pushed deeper into the region seeking the arrest of the region’s

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Confirming What Was Feared: New Report shows ‘Massive’ Human Rights Abuses In Belarus

A new report published last week by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has identified “massive” human rights abuses during and after the recent Belarus presidential election of Alexander Lukashenko, confirming what many international bodies have feared. The report states the results of Belarus’ recent election were “systematically”

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Religious Tension Grows In France After Recent Terror Attacks

France has seen growing religious tensions after a priest was seriously wounded in Lyon last Saturday and two women and a man were killed in Nice last Thursday, both in separate terror attacks. It is not yet known if these incidents were related. They come off the back of several

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