The UN reports a “notable trend of spontaneous returns” of displaced Syrians as regime gains bring a modicum of peace to some areas—but mass killings by regime forces continue.
The US Supreme Court agreed to review the Trump administration's travel ban, partially lifting the temporary injunction that had blocked the ban's enforcement.
Cuba responded to Trump’s reversal of thawing relations in the name of human rights pressure by pointing to ongoing rights violations in the US, especially “murder, brutality and police abuse.” (Map: Perry-Castañeda Library)
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the majority of President Trump's revised executive order limiting travel from six Muslim-majority countries.
The yellow press and much of the "left" react identically to the Manchester terror: by blaming "regime change" in Libya and demonizing refugees from the Arab world.
Human Rights Watch warned of "systemic failures" in health care at US immigration detention centers, leading to several "needless and preventable deaths" in recent years.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged "zero tolerance for gang violence"—singling out MS-13, the Central American narco-network with roots on the streets of Los Angeles.
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction against Executive Order 13768, which would allow the US government to withhold funds from localities designated as "sanctuary cities."
Andres Manuel López Obrador, Mexico's left-populist presidential front-runner, has filed a complaint with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission against Trump's proposed wall.
The International Organization for Migration reports that its staff have documented "slave markets" on North African migrant routes, preying on young African men bound for Libya.
Western media refer to “evacuation” and “population transfer” of besieged Syrian towns, euphemisms that mask the sectarian and genocidal element of the regime strategy.
A Michigan physician was charged in federal cour for performing female genital mutilation on girls as young as six—a practice labelled a form of torture by the United Nations.
