From Human Rights Watch, June 12: Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Ogaden In its battle against rebels in eastern Ethiopia’s Somali Region, Ethiopia’s army has subjected civilians to executions, torture, and rape, Human Rights Watch said in… Read moreEthiopia: “crimes against humanity” in Ogaden
Peru sent tanker ships carrying food and fuel June 13 to its southernmost coastal region of Tacna, where thousands of residents are stranded by a general strike over mining royalties in neighboring Moquegua region. More than 5,000 Moquegua residents have… Read moreMine actions paralyze southern Peru
Mexican authorities are searching for 37 undocumented migrants from Cuba and Central America taken from a government bus at gunpoint by ski-masked men with assault rifles. Authorities say the gunmen belong to a human trafficking ring. Police found the empty… Read moreMexico: detained migrants vanish in Chiapas bus attack
Argentine food outlets and gas stations are preparing for shortages as truckers, blocking highways to protest business lost to a farm strike, shut down the nation’s road transport system. Traffic is halted on routes through the agricultural provinces of Buenos… Read moreArgentine truckers bock highways
Spanish police and Civil Guards cracked down on striking truckers June 11, with 25,000 deployed to clear blocked highways, arresting dozens. Catalan provincial police joined with French law enforcement to clear an eight-kilometer line of trucks that had closed a… Read moreSpanish police break truckers’ strike
Ignoring a “don’t panic” plea from Downing Street, motorists across England and Wales lined up at gas stations to top off their tanks in preparation for a long weekend of industrial action. Tanker drivers supplying 10% of the UK’s petrol… Read moreBritish tanker drivers start four-day strike
The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City June 11 ruled that three Guinean women claiming to be victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) should not be deported. The court found that immigration judges and the appellate… Read moreUS appeals court rules for women fleeing genital mutilation
A statement from the Center for Constitutional Rights, June 12: Supreme Court: Guantánamo Detainees Have Constitutional Right to Habeas Corpus Washington, DC — In one of the most important human rights cases of the decade, the Supreme Court of the… Read moreHigh court upholds Gitmo detainees’ habeas corpus rights
A statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress, June 7: IFC Members Find and Arrest the Killers of Dr. Mohammed Jassim, Sana TV Program Director In coordination with IFC safety force and police, the leadership of Iraq Freedom Congress (Wasit Chapter… Read moreIraq: arrests in killing of Sana TV reporter
There were jubilant scenes at a Belfast court June 11 as six Derry anti-war protesters were unanimously acquitted of destroying property belonging to multinational arms company Raytheon. The six, including 65-year-old author and journalist Eamonn McCann, were each cleared of… Read moreUlster’s “Raytheon 6” cleared in Lebanon war protest action
Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch, which filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the Clinton administration alleging cover-ups, brought suit in Miami district court against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), accusing the cartel of price-fixing. “It’s now… Read moreJudicial Watch founder sues OPEC for price-fixing
The Ahmadiyyah Muslim community in Indonesia is planning to file a lawsuit against the government over a new decree banning activities by the sect, condemned as “deviant” by protesters. “We ask the silent majority of moderate Muslims in Indonesia to… Read moreIndonesia: Ahmadiyyah Muslims to challenge crackdown
