North Africa

Protests turn deadly in Western Sahara

A 14-year-old boy was killed when Moroccan security forces intervened in a protest encampment established by indigenous Sahrawi residents outside Laayoune, capital of occupied Western Sahara.

Mexico

Another youth massacre in Ciudad Juárez

At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on a house party in Ciudad Juárez—the second such massacre in less than a week in the violence-torn border city.

The Andes

Colombia: SOA graduate charged in massacres

After almost 20 years, a former Colombian army officer was sentenced to 44 years in prison for his role in the deaths of over 245 civilians in the Trujillo Massacres between 1986 and 1994.

The Andes

Colombia: another indigenous leader assassinated

Unknown assailants on a motorcycle assassinated Colombian indigenous leader Rodolfo Maya Aricape as he left a community meeting in the hamlet of López Adentro, in violence-torn Cauca department.

Palestine

Palestinian protester gets prison term

An Israeli military court sentenced non-violent protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah of the West Bank’s Bil’in village to 12 months imprisonment, with a six-month suspended sentence.