A federal judge ordered the release of Gitmo detainee Mohammed el Gharani, finding the government had failed to prove he is an “enemy combatant.” Meanwhile, Susan Crawford, convening authority of Military Commissions at Guantánamo, admitted that torture has been used at the facility.
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Dozens of Israeli tanks pushed into Gaza City, closing the ring on the city’s center, with air-strikes again targetting a mosque and several other civilian structures—even as Egypt announced that Hamas had accepted Cairo’s ceasefire plan.
Protesters angry over deteriorating economic conditions clashed with police in Riga and Sofia, demanding the resignation of corrupt officials. Scores were injured and over 100 arrested in both capitals.
Ten activists from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) blocked the entrance to Israel’s consulate in LA for three hours, with a banner reading “Closed For War Crimes.”
Israeli forces battled Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza City, while Israeli warplanes bombed Rafah. More rockets from Lebanon meanwhile fell in the Galilee.
On Jan. 6 the Venezuelan foreign ministry announced that it was expelling the Israeli ambassador, Shlomo Cohen, to express solidarity with the “heroic Palestinian people” after Israeli’s Dec. 27 military assault on the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Before the announcement,… Read moreLatin America: Gaza protests continue
A study by the US Joint Forces Command names Pakistan and Mexico as two states at risk of “rapid and sudden collapse.”
Thousands marched in Jalisco to protest the police killing of 21-year-old Fernando Lopez Alejandre, bassist with the band Arcadia Libre.
On Jan. 7, the Colombian government authorized Senator Piedad Córdoba to participate in the release of six hostages from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The mission will be headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…. Read moreColombia: Piedad Córdoba to negotiate FARC hostage release
On Jan. 8 the National Security Archive, a Washington, DC-based research group, released declassified US government documents showing that US diplomats and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) knew at least since 1994 that the Colombia security forces “employ death… Read moreColombia: CIA knew of army-para ties
On Dec. 19 US Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff wrote Haitian president René Préval that “[a]fter very careful consideration” he was rejecting the Haitian government’s request for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for undocumented Haitians in the US. This would have… Read moreHomeland Security rejects “temporary protected status” for Haitians
