Human Rights
Nicaraguan sews her lips to demand freedom for political prisoners
The mother of political prisoner Francisco Narváez Chavarría demands freedom of the press in Nicaragua
Human Rights
China violently suppresses protestors fighting to withdraw life savings
Chinese authorities brutally crushed a non-violent demonstration on Sunday by over 1,000 depositors fighting to withdraw their life savings from provincial banks Chinese banking regulators are investigating for “illegal financial activities.”
Human Rights
Colombia condemns Ortega regime's expulsion of critics
Additionally, Colombia’s leftist government called for an international monitoring of Nicaragua and a criminal inquiry
Human Rights
Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal under national security law
China’s Catholics are split between an underground church that swears loyalty to the Vatican and the state-sponsored Catholic Patriotic Association
Crime
Turkey arrests over 78 for 'provocative' social media posts about earthquake
At least 613 people were accused of making provocative posts that spread fear and panic among citizens
Immigration
Migrants continue crossing Rio Grande into U.S. despite deportations to southern Mexico
The U.S. is expelling migrants who cross the border and handing them over to the National Migration Institute federal agency in Mexico to be returned to the southern border at Guatemala
Politics
Peruvian Congress approves bill to declare Gustavo Petro persona non grata
The motion refers to some statements by Petro in an act when he stated that the Peruvian authorities are "like Nazis marching against their own people"
Human Rights
Nicaragua seizes properties of exiled businessman
The businessman has been an outspoken critic of the Ortega regime since 2018, when anti-government protests swept the country
Politics
Spain to offer citizenship to freed Nicaraguan political prisoners
Along with their release from prison, Nicaragua’s legislature voted to revoke the citizenship of the 222 newly freed prisoners
Human Rights
Over 52,000 unidentified bodies in mass graves in Mexico
There are at least 63,428 mass graves registered in Mexico, in which 92,658 bodies have been buried