Only one in seven Britons say Truss will be better than Johnson, poll reveals
More than a quarter of people in the UK believe the new Prime Minister Liz Truss will be worse than her predecessor Boris Johnson, according to a new poll, showing overwhelming dissatisfaction among Britons with the Tory leadership. According to the results of a snap poll, published by YouGov on Sept. 5, only one in seven people in the country...
London museums to return human remains stolen from Zimbabwe in Colonial times
(GIN)—The era of European museums claiming ownership of the bones and skulls of African war heroes stolen years ago may finally be coming to an end. A negotiated settlement to return African remains involved London’s Natural History Museum and Cambridge University. The two institutions now say they are ready to cooperate and return what was taken in the colonial era. Human...
Peru Congress opens door to early elections amid unrest
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s Congress tentatively endorsed a plan on Dec. 20 to hold early elections in an attempt to defuse a national political crisis marked by deadly unrest after lawmakers ousted President Pedro Castillo. The proposal, approved by 91 of the legislature’s 130 members, would push up to April 2024 elections for president and congress originally scheduled for 2026. The plan—which seeks to...
Iran supports initiatives for peace and stability in sub-Saharan Africa: FM
Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran supports any initiative that could lead to the improvement of security and stability in the African continent. The top Iranian diplomat arrived in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott on Jan. 31 at the head of a diplomatic delegation. He held talks on bilateral and international issues with top Mauritanian officials, including his counterpart...
Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn
Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black Africans, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said on April 2. “Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech and violence against migrants from South of the Sahara,” the independent UN-appointed experts said in a statement issued under the Committee’s early warning...
UN report blasts U.S. rights abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay
A report released by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism called out the United States to completely remedy and repair rights violations of past and present detainees held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base since its opening in 2002. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin reported on her “Technical Visit” that...
Israel tried to influence UK courts against pro-Palestine activists: Report
Israeli forces have arrested more than 5,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the year, amid a surge in the regime’s attacks on Palestinian towns and cities. The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) made the announcement in a statement on August 29, saying the occupation forces arrested 200 citizens across the West Bank within a week, which...
War is bringing global backlash to U.S.-Israel unwavering alliance
Tens of thousands of people continue protesting worldwide against the Zionist State of Israel and its chief benefactor the United States in what is widely seen as aiding and abetting war crimes, including ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people. Anti-war, anti-Zionist groups, student organizations and concerned persons across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa are...
Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia—Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days, officials said Nov. 20. They included five groups with women and children who were afloat for days. One batch of more than 240 people was twice denied landing by residents in Aceh Utara district, sparking concerns from human rights organizations. The...
Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Pacific Island nation of Nauru said January 16 that it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, a move that reduces the dwindling number of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies to 12 around the world. China claims self-governing Taiwan as its territory and has been peeling off the island’s diplomatic allies, often with promises of development aid. It’s a long-running...