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Photo credit: The Express Tribune Authorities in Greece began investigating the death of a migrant in police custody on Friday. Keerfa, an anti-fascist group which distributed the images, said 37-year-old delivery rider Mohamed Kamran Asik had been “tortured to death” inside an Athens police station after several days in detention. Neos Kosmos reports that the…

Photo credit: Canada Holidays Monday is a holiday in Canada. Like every other September 30, it is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public…

Photo credit: Reuters Migrant crossings through the dangerous Darien Gap that connects Panama to Colombia are down by over a third in the year’s first nine monts, according to a Panamanian border official. Alexis de Gracia, head of the National Border Service’s eastern brigade ascribed the decrease to heightened security measures by the new government….

Photo credit: carbon brief The United States has announced its intention to back 2 permanent seats for African nations on the United Nations Security Council. Russia too has backed an African country to be a permanent member of the Security Council. However, the African countries will just be toothless bulldogs because they won’t have veto…

Photo credit: change.org Although underage marriage is illegal in South Sudan, is’s so commonplace that it hardly attracts significant attention. The Guardian reports that the case of 14-year-old Athiak Dau Riak is an exception. Her case has gone viral, polarizing her family and the country. Two men, Marial Garang Jil and Chol Marol Deng, two…

Photo credit: Aljazeera The government of Canadian Prime Minister Mr Justin Trudeau has survived a no-confidence vote against it by the Conservative Party. Global News reports that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s motion stating the House had no confidence was defeated after the NDP and Bloc Quebecois joined the Liberals in voting against it. It marked a great test…

Photo credit: Human rights watch Rwandan forces and M23 rebels have shelled refugee camps and other highly populated areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on many occasions this year, according to Human Rights Watch. The Guardian reports the NGO has also accused the DRC’s armed forces and its allied militias of putting the…