Six charged after 18 migrants found dead in truck in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria Reuters Bulgarian prosecutors have charged six people with human trafficking after 18 Afghan migrants were found dead inside a truck dumped on an dirt road near the capital Sofia on Friday. Prosecutors said the truck was abandoned near the village of Lokorsko after the driver and his companion found that many of the […]
Pope calls for end to violence in Peru, respect for human rights
Vatican City/Lima, PeruReuters Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to violence in Peru, where nearly 50 people have been killed during anti-government demonstrations in the past few weeks. “No to violence, regardless of where it originates. No more deaths,” the Argentine Pope said in Spanish at his weekly address to thousands of people […]
Israeli police arrest two suspects in Protestant cemetery vandalism
JerusalemReuters Israeli police said on Friday they arrested two people suspected of vandalising a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem earlier this week. Police said in a statement that extensive damage had been caused to gravestones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery, calling it an “act of intentional vandalism and defacement”. Archbishop Hosam Naoum inspects a vandalised […]
In El Salvador, rising inmate numbers threaten humanitarian crisis: NGO
San Salvador, El SalvadorReuters Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s war against the country’s criminal gangs could generate prison overcrowding and even a violent reaction from criminals, said a report by the NGO International Crisis Group released Tuesday. After a historic rise in homicides in March, Bukele asked Congress to authorise a state of exception, which suspends […]
Iran protests over young woman’s death continue, 83 said killed
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said at least 83 people had been killed in nearly two weeks of demonstrations. Mahsa Amini, 22, from the Iranian Kurdish town of […]
El Salvador: War on gangs leaves poor families reeling
NELSON RENTERIA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that President Bukele’s crackdown has led to mass arrests, mainly young men from poor areas, and relatives say many are innocent…
Nicaraguan police detain bishop, other priests in raid
Updated: 11:45am (AEST)Mexico City, Mexico AP Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s administration, detaining him and several other priests in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the church and a government increasingly intolerant of dissent. The pre-dawn raid came after Nicaraguan authorities had accused […]
Five suspects arrested in Nigeria Catholic church massacre
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria has arrested five suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people in early June, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor said on Tuesday. Nigerian authorities have said they suspect insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out the massacre of members of […]
Cuba sanctions 381 protesters, including jail for 297
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba said on Monday it has sanctioned 381 people, including 16 young people between the ages of 16 and 18, who participated in last summer’s protests, the Communist-run island’s largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution. Widespread protests across 11th and 12th July, 2021, saw thousands of Cubans took to the streets in towns […]
Fearing martial law or conscription, some Russians try to flee abroad
Moscow, RussiaReuters As Russian troops slowly advanced on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Thursday, some people back in Moscow were attempting to flee to destinations abroad that have not banned flights from Russia, stomaching soaring prices in the rush to escape. The Kremlin dismissed speculation that Russian authorities plan to introduce martial law following the invasion […]