The Caribbean
Haiti earthquake refugees may not migrate to US: Napolitano
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that undocumented Haitians who arrived after last week’s earthquake will be sent back to Haiti.
Watching the Shadows
Call for indefinite detention of Gitmo inmates draws protests
The American Civil Liberties Union criticized a US Justice Department recommendation that 47 Guantánamo Bay inmates should be held indefinitely without trial.
Watching the Shadows
Two Guantánamo Bay detainees transferred to Algeria
The US Justice Department announced the transfer of two Guantánamo Bay detainees to Algeria, bringing the total number of Algerians released from the military prison to 19.
Planet Watch
UN report: indigenous peoples threatened worldwide
The world’s 370 million indigenous people suffer disproportionately high rates of poverty, and are often threatened with extinction, according to the first UN report on the question.
Africa
Botswana Bushmen to bring land dispute to World Court
The First People of Kalahari announced that the San Bushmen will take their land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice.
Watching the Shadows
Obama’s first year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
World War 4 Report offers an annotated assessment of Obama’s moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
Iraq
Federal judge: Blackwater guards can be charged again
Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that charges may be brought again against six accused of massacring 17 people in Nisur Square, Baghdad, while working for Blackwater Worldwide.
Mexico
Mexico: 23 dead in Durango prison riot
A riot at the notoriously harsh Durango prison known as Social Readaption Center (CERESEO) No. 1 left 23 inmates dead. Army troops were sent in to put down the violence.
The Caribbean
Haiti: US, UN beef up troop strength
The US is sending another 4,000 sailors and marines to Haiti, boosting the number of troops involved in the mission to 16,000. The UN is also beefing up its “peacekeeping” force.
Iraq
Five killed as death squads re-emerge in Baghdad
Death squads returned to the streets of Baghdad with the first targeted killing of civilians in the city for more than two years, Iraqi media reported.
Africa
Nigeria: town under curfew following sectarian violence
Nigerian authorities imposed a curfew in the north-central city of Jos after four days of fighting between Muslims and Christians killed at least 200 people.
Watching the Shadows
UK rights group urges further investigation of Gitmo suicides
UK-based rights group Reprieve issued a statement suggesting the Obama administration has suppressed information on the investigation of three Guantánamo Bay suicides.