UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples — Global Issues

UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples — Global Issues

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The historic ruling follows a landmark judgment delivered by the Court on 26 May 2017, finding that the Government of Kenya had violated the right to life, property, natural resources, development, religion and culture of the Ogiek, under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ‘Important step’ “This judgment…

Immigrant Supports Other US Migrants Run the Gauntlet of Bureaucracy — Global Issues

Immigrant Supports Other US Migrants Run the Gauntlet of Bureaucracy — Global Issues

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by Seimi Chu (stanford) Monday, July 18, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Jul 18 (IPS) – Veronica Vega’s husband was the first in the family to immigrate to Oakland, California. When 27 years ago Vega decided to join him, she was five months pregnant and walked across the Mexican border to…

The fears of four Sri Lankans epitomize the country’s huge challenges

The fears of four Sri Lankans epitomize the country’s huge challenges

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July 18, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. EDT Police use tear gas as protesters storm the office compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on July 13, demanding his resignation. Just hours earlier, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled the struggling country. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP) Comment on this story Comment COLOMBO, Sri…

Afghan earthquake survivors look to rebuild their lives — Global Issues

Afghan earthquake survivors look to rebuild their lives — Global Issues

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Sunday, July 17, 2022 UN News Afghans caught up in the devastating earthquake that hit the country on June 22, killing more than 1,000 and injured over 6,000 people, are sharing their traumatic stories. ”I saw bodies being pulled out of the rubble, injured people, and maybe dead people”, says…

Ivan Bakanov and Iryna Venediktova removed from top Ukraine jobs

Ivan Bakanov and Iryna Venediktova removed from top Ukraine jobs

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Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the head of Ukraine’s security services and its prosecutor general on Sunday, later announcing that hundreds of criminal investigations for suspected “treason and collaboration activities” were underway in the besieged country. Ivan Bakanov, head of Ukraine’s security services,…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy fires top security chief and prosecutor

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy fires top security chief and prosecutor

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Comment on this story Comment VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — As Russia’s military pressed its efforts to expand into Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the head of the country’s security service and its prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their…

Afghan earthquake survivors look to rebuild their lives — Global Issues

Guterres hails healer and ‘mentor to generations’, Nelson Mandela — Global Issues

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Secretary-General António Guterres described the champion of a free and democratic South Africa who spent nearly three decades in prison resisting the racist Apartheid regime, as “a leader of unparalleled courage and towering achievement; and a man of quiet dignity and deep humanity.” Nelson Mandela – or Madiba, the clan name…