Thousands face hunger as Greece limits assistance to refugee camps and other stories

Today we look at rising hunger in refugee camps in Greece, the case against Guatemalan paramilitaries for sexual violence against Indigenous women, and more

January 25, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at reports of a hunger crisis in refugee camps in Greece after the government stopped the provision of food to people currently not in the asylum process; the sentencing of 5 former paramilitary soldiers by a Guatemalan tribunal for the rape of 36 Indigenous Maya Achi women during the civil war; the Syrian government’s renewed demands for the removal of sanctions and the occupation of its territory by foreign powers including the U.S.; and the ongoing, 24-day long boycott of Israeli military courts by 500 Palestinians being held under arbitrary administrative detention.