Former Pemex director arrested in the US on corruption charges
Mexican authorities allege that Treviño received bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The arrest and possible extradition come during the Pemex rescue plan announced in August by President Sheinbaum.
Top Bolsonaro ally flees Brazil, now on Interpol’s red list
After being sentenced to 10 years in prison, former congresswoman Carla Zambelli fled and may be detained internationally.
The abduction of Dr. Kizza Besigye marks a new chapter in Uganda’s political repression
The abduction and prosecution of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye exposes deepening political repression in East Africa.
US increases pressure on Jordan to extradite Ahlam al-Tamimi
During his first presidential term, Trump also pressured the Jordanian government to hand al-Tamimi over to the United States or otherwise deport her to another country.
Hundreds of human rights organizations urge Biden to release Alex Saab
The Venezuelan diplomat has been illegally detained since 2020, a victim of the US hybrid war against Venezuela
UK Home Secretary authorizes extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Assange’s legal team will now have 14 days to appeal against the decision in the High Court. The move has been widely condemned as a“dark day for press freedom”
Over 1,000 Palestinians face illegal expulsions in the Occupied West Bank and other stories
Today we look at Israel’s attempts to displace Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, the approval of the US extradition of former Honduran President Hernandez, and more
Outsourced Facebook content moderators face trauma, exploitation and other stories
Today we look at the exploitation faced by outsourced Facebook workers in Kenya, the worsening crisis in Yemen amid a UN aid shortfall, and more
Extradition of Alex Saab: US takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows
Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country’s Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States
Assange is a champion of the cause of freedom, says Brazil’s Lula in letter
The ex-president’s letter published on Monday September 21 in The Guardian warned about the risks of Assange’s extradition to the US
Colombian President Ivan Duque to be investigated over corruption and electoral fraud
Former congresswoman Aída Merlano revealed that Duque had knowledge that people bought votes to secure him the presidency in 2018
Ahead of Assange’s extradition hearing, Wikileaks’ Twitter account gets locked for several hours
Assange has been detained at the high-security Belmarsh prison in accordance with the ruling by a local judge in London, while he awaits the conclusion of his extradition trial






