20 Dec 2019

Pope calls for refugee camps of ‘slavery and torture’ to close

by | posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe |

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called for the closing of migrant detention camps in Libya on Thursday, saying they were rife with torture and slavery. Francis, who has made a defense of migrants and refugees a key part of … Read More
10 Jul 2019

State violence in Venezuela

by | posted in: News, World News |

UNITED NATIONS ― In a stunningly stark report on the political and economic conditions in Venezuela, the U.N.’s Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet outlined a troubling litany of continuing human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and economic privations characterizing the besieged … Read More