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Sudan’s “war on women”
Photo credit: UN Women This article contains references to rape and sexual assault Women and girls are bearing the brunt of Sudan’s nearly three-year-old civil war, facing widespread gender-based violence, displacement and deepening hunger as the conflict continues. SBS News reports that Mariam (not her real name), an 18-year-old, has had her life forever changed…
C-12 could ease some refugee claims says says Diab!
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada’s Immigration Minister Lena Diab has said the changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in the government’s border and immigration bill are “better for the applicants,” even as multiple organizations attack the plans. The Canadian Press reports that the bill proposes to bar people that came to Canada more than a year…
EU votes to allow deportation of migrants to “safe” third countries
Photo credit: Aljazeera The European Parliament has passed new legislation letting member states deport migrants to designated “safe” countries outside the EU even if they are not from those nations. ALJazeera reports that European lawmakers approved the measure on Tuesday with a vote of 396-226 as cintre and far-right members backed it. Under the new rules, EU states will be…
Fresh protests as Herzog wraps up Australia visit!
Photo credit: TRT World Pro-Palestine protesters are set to take to the streets in Melbourne on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog concludes his four-day visit to Australia, following earlier demonstrations in Canberra and violent confrontations by police in Sydney. TRT World reports that the visit, extended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the deadly December 14 shooting at a…
Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case!
Photo credit: Border Report A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States vis the Canada-US border. The US Department of Justice says in a press release that Francisco Antonio Luna Rosado and Jesus Hernandez Ortiz planned to…
Reactions to the mass shooting in BC!
Photo credit; Toronto Star “At the end of the day, every citizen and every person in Tumbler Ridge, including our first responders, are going home to their families to try and explain this, and sometimes there’s just not a way to explain this , so we’ll continue providing tha support however it’s needed.” – RCMP North…
10 dead in B.C. school shooting!
Photo credit: Economic Times Police have confirmed 10 people are dead following a shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. CBC News reports that an active shooter alert was issued at 3.15 pm MT by RCMP, covering a large area, including Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. Residents were advised to stay indoors and shelter in place. That alert…