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Seventy-four migrants were found on a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea between north Africa and south Europe. The CTV reports that they have been transported to Crete. Crete has recently seen an increase in migrant arrivals from Libya. However, the government has promised to address the issue with more funding and extra Coast Guard…

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has provided a third-gender option.  The USCIS website says Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, has been revised to provide a third-gender option. “X” represents “Another Gender Identity.” The organization is also updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to account for the revision.  According to the USCIS, the…

The main opposition party in Turkey has claimed significant election victories in Istanbul and Ankara. The results shocked the incumbent President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He had hoped to gain victory in the cities, and he led the campaign to win Istanbul. However, Ekrem Imamoglu scored a victory for the secular opposition CHP. Istanbul has a…

In response to the recent terrorist attack on Moscow, the authorities in Russia have sanctioned raids on dormitories and apartments housing Central Asian migrants, and they are carrying out mass deportations. The Kyiv Independent reports that several gunmen opened fire at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk on the evening of March 22. They killed…

THE UNJUST WEIGHT OF THE TERRORIST LABEL ON ACTIVISM This month, as we commemorate the signing of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 signed on March 3, 1995 and the International Day of Action Against Large Dams annually held on March 14, we acknowledge the burden carried by indigenous peoples human rights defenders as we…