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Vigil for Vigário Luís Balanta in Guinea-Bissau Political activist in Guinea-Bissau found beaten to death

Vigário Luís Balanta was widely known for his political organizing and outspoken opposition to the regime in Guinea-Bissau, which has been accused of staging a coup to maintain the existing status quo after losing an election.

Booker Ngesa Omole Case against Kenyan communist leader Booker Omole already unraveling

Withdrawing from the case, the complainant and the key witness named in the chargesheet has accused the police of fabricating charges and weaponizing the criminal justice system.

One year since the murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian children, soldiers face up to 34 years in prison

A year after the murder and torture of the children, the testimonies of those involved have horrified the country, although the full truth of this tragedy that shocked Ecuador remains unknown.

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Marwan Barghouti Israeli plot to assassinate Marwan Barghouti sparks international outcry

Barghouti was reportedly subjected to a brutal assault inside Israeli jails, after the Trump administration had proposed his release to rule post-war Gaza in October.

Dick Cheney Architect of the US invasion of Iraq, Dick Cheney, dies at 84

The death of former vice president revives global outrage over war crimes, torture, and mass surveillance

Greece protest Gaza Humiliation and abuse: Flotilla activists speak out about treatment in Israeli prison, reiterate demand to end genocide

Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla faced physical and psychological violence and intimidation by Israeli forces while in prison.

Venezuelan migrants Venezuelan migrants in Bukele’s CECOT were subjected to torture and abuse, prosecutor denounces

Venezuela’s Attorney General announced in a press conference that Venezuelan migrants held in El Salvador underwent torture and abuse while imprisoned in CECOT

21 years after Abu Ghraib torture revelations, victims of US war crimes still have no recourse for justice

Abu Ghraib detainees still seek justice over 20 years after Seymour Hersh’s groundbreaking report on widespread torture at the prison

Longest-held US political prisoner Leonard Peltier is hospitalized

Supporters demand the 80-year-old Indigenous freedom fighter be transferred to a medical facility

Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Doha amid flagrant Israeli atrocities

US mediators are betting on the success of the new round of negotiations in an attempt to prevent an imminent regional war from breaking out.

Al-Shifa hospital director freed after 7 months of detention and torture

Upon his release, the Al-Shifa director recounted the atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation against him and other Palestinian prisoners, sparking the outrage of Israeli officials, who described his release as a “serious mistake”

As Israel’s war on Gaza completes 82 days, it continues to torture, mutilate, and kill Palestinians

In the West Bank, Israeli violence is also escalating, with raids in multiple cities and towns accompanied with drone strikes, killing at least 310 Palestinians since the beginning of the war in the month of October