November 14, 2015
Our association, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine naturally condemns the barbarous attacks perpetrated by the terrorists claiming to belong to Daesh, and shares the emotion and sadness of the friends and relatives of the 128 victims of these horrific killings, also the hundreds of men and women wounded during the Friday evening massacres. (more…)
Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Hebron have been especially traumatic for children, experts say.
By Matthew Vickery on November 10, 2015
Hebron, occupied West Bank – At the start of the school day, students at the Tariq bin Ziyad school in Hebron mill around outside the white-brick building, talking to friends and playing football. (more…)
November 13, 2015
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro denounced Thursday at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), the attacks Venezuela has suffered for its decision to become truly independent. (more…)
By Marjorie Cohn on November 15, 2015
President Barack Obama has yet to fulfill the promise he made in his January 22, 2009 executive order to shutter Guantanamo “no later than one year from the date of this order.” Any individuals remaining there at the time of closure, Obama wrote, “shall be returned to their home country, (more…)
Despite the fact that Congress must take action to definitively end the blockade, President Obama has broad executive powers to substantially modify its implementation much more than he has thus far. (more…)
By Arnold August on November 12, 2015
Photo: Bill Hackwell
In an online interview with an alternative US-based website published on January 7, 2015, I was asked about my take on the seeming rapprochement between the United States and Cuba. With regard to the December 17, 2014 announcement, I responded: (more…)
November 11, 2015
Over the last decade, murders of Black Women in Brazil grew by 54 percent. Meanwhile, the deaths of light skinned women fell by 9.8 percent. (more…)
By Nancy Young on October 18, 2015
We were driving back from watching a soccer game here in central Haiti when my friend instinctively rolled up his window. It can get dusty on Haitian country roads, so I rolled up mine, too, even though I didn’t see anything in the air. (more…)