On April 3, Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Social Justice and Lowenstein Sandler, PC, filed suit in Federal District Court in New Jersey, alleging that federal law enforcement officials violated the rights of people whose homes they entered during… Read moreNJ lawsuit challenges ICE home raids
In a two-day operation ending March 30, ICE Fugitive Operations Team agents arrested 28 immigrants in Liberal, Kansas. Those arrested were 23 men and five women. Twenty of them were from Guatemala, six were from Mexico, and two were from… Read moreICE “fugitive” raids in Midwestern states
In a two-week operation that ended April 4, ICE agents from the Miami Fugitive Operations Team arrested 332 people for violating immigration laws. Michael Rozos, ICE Florida Field Office Director for the Office of Detention and Removal, announced the results… Read moreICE arrests 332 in South Florida
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), April 9: On the Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation The 9th of April marks the fifth anniversary of the occupation. It is the anniversary of the genocide in which more than 1 million lives… Read moreIraq Freedom Congress statement on fifth anniversary of occupation
Workers from the public and private sectors throughout Burkina Faso launched a two-day strike April 8 to protest high food costs and demand salary increases. Ouagadougou, the capital, was almost completely shut down. In Bobo-Dioulasso, the second largest city in… Read moreGeneral strike in Burkina Faso
There have been two explosions near the local headquarters the Canadian Nexen oil company in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a. The grenade blasts took place on April 6 and 9, and caused no casualties. Nexen began oil exploration in Sana’a… Read moreYemen: bombs target oil interests
Comorian rebel leader Mohamed Bacar was taken into custody on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion April 4 at the request of Comoros, which is demanding his extradition. French officials are also considering Bacar’s request for asylum. Bacar fled… Read moreFrance jails Comoros rebel leader following AU intervention
Stories like this make us think Orwell was an optimist. From Reuters, April 8: Robots seen doing work of 3.5 million in Japan Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in graying Japan by 2025, a thinktank says,… Read moreRobots to run Japan by 2025: think-tank
On March 30, local campesino leader Gerardo Antonio Crio was assassinated near his home in the community of Vereda El Jordán, Cocorna municipality, in easter Antioquia department. The killers apparently used a gun with a silencer, as nobody in the… Read moreColombia: campesino leader assassinated in Antioquia
The Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) said the medical mission sponsored by the French government is inappropriate and will not be granted access to ailing hostage Ingrid Betancourt, in a communiqué issued by the guerilla General Staff April 9. The… Read moreFARC denies medical mission access to Ingrid Betancourt
President Bush announced April 7 that he is sending the Colombia free trade agreement to Congress, and called for its speedy ratification, saying, “The need for this agreement is too urgent.” Legislators will have 90 business days to approve or… Read moreBush introduces Colombia FTA amid political hoo-hah
Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s government has submitted a bill to the Senate that would give the state oil company Pemex greater flexibility to hire outside subcontractors and seek private investment. Energy Minister Jordy Herrera denied the bill will propose changes… Read moreMexico: Pemex privatization advances
