Mexico
Chiapas: roads blocked to protest paramilitarism
Chol Maya villagers blocked a main road through Mexico's Chiapas state to demand justice four months after the disappearance and murder of a community leader.
Tag: paramilitaries
Iraq
Iraq: sectarian terror in battle for Baiji
After taking the oil refinery city of Baiji from ISIS, Iraqi Shi'ite militias reported the discovery of some 20 mass graves—said to contain the bodies of over 350 ISIS fighters.
Greater Middle East
AKP-ISIS collaboration in Ankara massacre?
Several PKK sympathizers have been arrested in connection with the Ankara suicide blasts—but the Turkish left charges that the ruling AKP collaborated with ISIS in the attack.
Southeast Asia
Philippines: mining link seen to paramilitary terror
Clergy and rights advocates in Mindanao see army-supported paramilitary groups behind a wave of killings of indigenous leaders opposed to gold-mining operations on traditional lands.
The Andes
Colombia accord to include trials for rights abuses
Colombia's government and the FARC rebels announced a six-month deadline for a peace deal, including establishment of a special justice system to try human rights abusers.
The Andes
Paramilitarism in Venezuela-Colombian border crisis
Venezuela closed the Colombian border and declared a state of emergency along the frontier, accusing Bogotá of allowing the infiltration of right-wing paramilitaries.
Greater Middle East
Turkey: state terror in ‘anti-terrorist’ guise
The Turkish state is lining up international support for its "anti-terrorist" campaign against the PKK—as it carries out air-strikes and harsh repression on Kurdish villages.
The Amazon
Brazil: Guarani leader slain by gunmen
A Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous leader was shot dead in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, one week after his community occupied part of their ancestral lands usurped by ranchers.
Iraq
Outrage in Turkey over atrocities against Kurds
Military atrocities against Kurds in Turkey's east are sparking protests across the country and the Kurdish diaspora—and a wave defections from village paramilitary forces.
Mexico
Mexico: activist slain in missing students case
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco, a leading activist in Mexico's violence-torn Guerrero state and a vocal advocate for the families of the 43 missing students, was himself assassinated.
The Andes
Colombia: FARC-paramilitary collaboration?
Colombia's FARC guerillas may be working under the table with their supposed bitter enemies in the ultra-right paramilitary groups, according to e-mails released by authorities.
North Africa
Mali: ceasefire with Tuareg rebels breaking down
Fighting erupted between Tuareg militias in northern Mali, breaking the ceasefire and threatening peace talks scheduled to resume this week in neighboring Niger.