Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Canadian government for his 14-year detention, the CBC reports. The court filing says authorities took actions that “caused, contributed to and prolonged (Slahi’s SILA HAI’S) detention, torture, assault and sexual assault at Guantanamo Bay.” The 51-...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Malian army (FAMA) said late Friday it discovered a mass grave near the camp formerly occupied by the French force in Gossi in the north. The French army exited Gossi’s advanced operational base on Tuesday, transferring it to the Malian army. “Remains in a state of advanced putrefaction were discovered [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A long battle of Palestinians with Syrian backgrounds has concluded, with those coming from the war-torn Middle Eastern nation winning protection rights under the UN Convention in a European country. Ghada al-Rayan, a Palestinian-Syrian human rights defender, told Anadolu Agency that the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerla...
GENEVA – UN officials have warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine, with access to food and health facilities among the top concerns in a country listed among the world’s leading grain producers. At a UN press conference in Geneva, UN Information Services head Alessandra Vellucci noted the concern expressed overnigh...
DHAKA (AA) – Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry criticized a US human rights country report on the South Asian nation, saying the sources of the report are questionable and it also contains a few factual errors. “For example, though we do not endorse their information, the Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) mentioned 275 extrajudicial killings (in Ban...
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar’s Shura Council has condemned Israeli attacks on worshippers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. We express our “condemnation of the Israeli practices of storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking Palestinian worshipers,” the advisory council stated. It called for swift “internat...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Eritrea has said that the deal between Rwanda and Britain to resettle asylum seekers attempting to enter the UK was ‘disgraceful.’ Last week, Rwanda and the UK inked a major deal under which Britain will send asylum seekers to the East African country. The agreement was signed by UK Home Secretary Priti [&hel...
KIRKLARELI, Turkiye – At least 84 irregular migrants have claimed that they were pushed back to Turkiye half-naked by Bulgarian border units. Gendarmerie teams in Turkiye’s northwestern Kirklareli province noticed that there were semi-naked irregular migrants in the forest area during their patrol in Kofcaz district near the Bulgar...
Police in the Indian capital New Delhi have arrested 14 Muslims, according to The Wire. Muslims were resisting a RSS militia attack on their mosque on Saturday. A procession led by the Hindu militia Bajrang Dal attacked the mosque in the Delhi suburb of Jahangirpuri. According to area resident Salman Khan, they “tried to wave […]
On Wednesday, ABN Amro, the third-largest Dutch bank, issued an apology for its predecessors’ role in the Atlantic slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries. The bank worked with the International Institute of Social History to investigate its two predecessors, Hope & Co. and Mees & Zoonen. Researchers found Hope & Co.’s prof...
