"We have raised our concerns directly with the government and we have urged immediate, concrete steps to ensure the protection of journalists and human rights defenders who have been subjected to threats," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria said in a statement earlier this week. … [Read more...] about Pakistan: Journalist Bilal Farooqi arrested over posts criticizing army
Colombia: Protests against police brutality leave 13 dead, over 400 injured
A viral video showed Javier Ordonez, 46, being pinned to the ground, as police officers shot him with a stun gun repeatedly. He was taken to the local precinct and then a hospital, where he was declared dead on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Colombia: Protests against police brutality leave 13 dead, over 400 injured
Germany gets tough in the fight against mafia clans
The Ruhr Security Conference was founded in Essen to fight such criminal parallel structures. "Cities from the Ruhr area come together there and bundle their capacitiesand experiences from local regulatory authorities, foreigners' registration offices, customs, tax investigation, and police," explains the LKA's Jungbluth, "and thus find new starting points for the targeted recognition and prosecution of ... violations of the law by clan members." … [Read more...] about Germany gets tough in the fight against mafia clans
US expelled thousands of migrant children due to coronavirus rules
Hard line against immigration, hard hit by virus The Trump administration asked the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling last week that stated the use of hotels skirted "fundamental humanitarian protections." US District Judge Dolly Gee said using hotels for long-term detention violated a settlement on the treatment of children in custody and ordered border agencies to stop placing children in the hotels by Tuesday. … [Read more...] about US expelled thousands of migrant children due to coronavirus rules
Venezuela: US spy captured near oil refineries
Relations between the US and Venezuela's Maduro-led government have increasingly soured: last month two former US soldiers, Luke Alexander Denman and Airan Berry were sentenced to 20 years in prison in Venezuela on charges including terrorism, after a failed bid to invade the Caribbean country last May. … [Read more...] about Venezuela: US spy captured near oil refineries
