Tehran’s Revolutionary Court convicted four Iranians in an alleged CIA plot to overthrow the Iranian government. The court said the four had confessed; the US State Department called the claim “baseless.”
Putin’s capitulation in the “gas war” with Ukraine may be motivated by fears that his intransigence was reviving impetus for the Nabucco pipeline, an EU-backed project that would bypass Russia.
Days after violent protests over deteriorating economic conditions in Latvia, riots broke out in neighboring Lithuania, with thousands battling the police in Vilnius. Meanwhile, “Kill the Jews” and a swastika were painted on a Lithuanian synagogue.
Israeli forces began withdrawing from the Gaza Strip following a tentative truce with Hamas. Palestinian factions agreed to honor the ceasefire on the condition that Israeli troops are out of Gaza within a week.
The Defense Department announced the transfer of six detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Iraq, Algeria and Afghanistan. Barack Obama last week pledged to issue an executive order closing the prison camp.
In an opinion released late on Jan. 7, Attorney General Michael Mukasey wrote that “neither the Constitution nor any statutory or regulatory provision entitles an alien to a do-over if his initial removal proceeding is prejudiced by the mistakes of… Read moreAttorney General limits immigration appeals
Immigrant communities in South Florida held protests following abusive pre-Christmas raids on “fugitives” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile, ICE carried out more raids in Texas.
Corrections Corporation of America officials placed Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center on lockdown following an uprising by immigration detainees over the New Year holiday.
Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen exchanged fire in northern Gaza early Sunday—hours after Israel declared a “unilateral cease-fire.” Hamas says it will continue resistance as long as Israeli troops remain.
Amnesty International is calling for urgent action in the case of Rubén Valencia Núñez, an activist with the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), who survived an assassination attempt last week.
Tarahumara communities in Chihuahua and the Zapatista rebels in Chiapas are both mobilizing to protect traditional lands from mega-scale tourism development projects.
The UN General Assembly demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an Arab summit in Qatar called for regional states to break diplomatic ties with Israel, as the death toll in the three-week offensive reached 1,170.
