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Bangladeshi police extort money from Rohingya refugees

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that Rohingya refugees are being subjected to police abuse in Bangladesh, where they have settled after fleeing repression in Myanmar. The rights organisation said the Armed Police Battalion of Bangladesh (APBN) extorts, arbitrarily detains and…

Colombian government and ELN resume peace talks in Venezuela

Talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will resume in Caracas on Wednesday to clarify the steps towards an agreement that will allow progress towards a definitive and lasting peace. The meeting, which does not have…

B’tselem reveals Israeli generals’ lies about Palestinian killings

B’tselem published a video on the case of Raed Na’saan, 21, who was killed by Israeli soldiers as he fled the scene of unequal clashes, stones against bullets. https://t.co/HsOiJSHhOf pic.twitter.com/nN7LQjl1PP — B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) January 17, 2023 The facts…

West sees Ukraine as a Cold War ‘prize’ – exiled opposition leader

The US wanted to block EU-Russian integration and control the former Eastern Bloc, Viktor Medvedchuk insists The West’s insistence that it won the Cold War and was entitled to the spoils of victory – at the expense of Russian interests…

Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets?

Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets? By Sonali Kolhatkar The year 2022 was the deadliest year on record in the United States for fatalities at the hands of law enforcement. According to the Washington…

Peru, Pedro Castillo’s achievements that the elite doesn’t like

After the right-wing coup in Peru and the waves of protests against Castillo’s ousting, the question remains as to why Pedro Castillo was so inconvenient to Western elites. Certainly there are many answers, but we can identify turning points in…

Ukraine: Drop all charges against Vitaly Alekseenko immediately

In Ukraine, on 16 January 2023, Ivano-Frankivsk Appeal Court rejected the appeal of 46- year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko against his conviction for refusing call up to the military on conscientious grounds. “I told the court I agree that I have…

Africa, a history to rediscover. 20 – What if Ubuntu saved humanity?

According to ancient Kamite (African) philosophies, man must by his actions maintain the balance of the cosmos in all senses. This balance is observed in nature, in the sky, but especially in the body in its astral, mental and physical…

Bolivia: hell on earth or balkanisation in the name of God

In 2005, Bolivia underwent a profound shift in its political power relations. The MAS-IPSP, created by a broad group of popular organisations, won the elections in a resounding manner. In the face of this, the profoundly racist Bolivian oligarchy, particularly…

Owners of life

Between living beings there is a moral boundary that delimits the rights of one over the other. The idea that life belongs to us comes from way back, from a primitive ideology fanatically centred on man as the absolute owner…

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