Libya: Twenty migrants ‘die of thirst’ in desert, 30 more missing in Mediterranean

The bodies of 20 migrants have been discovered in the Libyan desert. In a separate incident, a rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean with at least 30 people on board. Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people … Read More

U.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S.

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Antony J. Blinken, of New York, speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. January 19, 2021. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON, July … Read More

Venezuelans ‘teetering on the brink of survival’ warn UN human rights experts

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OCHA/Gemma Cortes – Dioximar Guevara lives with her five children in San Felix, a slum of Puerto Ordaz, the main city in Bolívar, Venezuela, where poverty runs deep. United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take … Read More

State violence in Venezuela

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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

Is the IDF ready for its next legal war?

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While protests, attempts to infiltrate Israel’s border fence, and fire kites have slowed some in recent weeks, no one has declared the crisis over and the IDF still views the situation as ongoing. ALESTINIANS PRAY yesterday next to the bodies … Read More