London, January 6 (RHC)-- In news from England, four anti-racist activists who toppled the statue of a slave trader in Bristol in June 2020 have been cleared of criminal charges. The four activists were arrested for pulling down a statue of Edward Colston and then throwing it in the river. ... More
Port-au-Prince, January 6 (RHC)-- The human rights organization Hands Together for the Development of Haiti (Mains Ensemble pour le Développement d'Haiti, Medha for its French acronym) revealed Thursday that the recent attempt against the prime minister, Ariel Henry, resulted in the death of at least six people, including four policemen.... More
Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden forcefully condemned former President Donald Trump on Thursday for promoting a “big lie” that the 2020 United States election was stolen and inciting an angry mob of his supporters to attack Congress on January 6th last year.... More
San Salvador, January 6 (RHC)-- The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador has ordered the reopening of the case of the massacre of six Jesuits and two women, which occurred in 1989, for which the military was accused as perpetrators.... More
Damascus, January 6 (RHC)-- Israeli tanks have reportedly fired a number of shells towards the Quneitra Province that lies in Syria’s extreme southwest. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)’s reported late Wednesday that the tank shells had fallen near Quneitra’s al-Horriah Village. “Explosions were heard in the area,” the report said.... More
Mexico City, January 6 (RHC)-- Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, announced Wednesday that he will meet in Santiago de Chile with the Chilean president-elect, Gabriel Boric.... More
United Nations, January 6 (RHC)-- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Wednesday urged a transformation in the consumption of resources such as fossil fuels and minerals in Latin America and the Caribbean, as it is estimated that by 2050 it will increase to 25 tons per capita above the six or eight tons considered sustainable.... More
Ramallah, January 6 (RHC)-- A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces during a confrontation that followed an army raid on Balata refugee camp near the northern city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.... More
Tel Aviv, January 6 (RHC)-- The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem reports 2021 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2014, as Israeli forces killed 313 Palestinians last year, including 71 minors. In addition, Israel demolished nearly 300 residential structures in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem last year — the highest number since 2016. ... More
Ottawa, January 6 (RHC)-- The Canadian government has agreed to give over $15 billion to Indigenous children harmed by Canada’s child welfare system, including tens of thousands of children who were taken from their families and put into the system.... More
Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection is asking Sean Hannity, the Fox News host and close confidant to Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. ... More
Tokyo, January 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Forces Japan says it is establishing “more stringent mitigation measures” to prevent COVID-19 transmissions at its bases in the country. The measures include requiring U.S. military personnel to wear masks while off base and stricter testing mandates.... More
Sacramento, January 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of California is extending its indoor mask mandate into mid-February amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases that officials say could overwhelm hospitals.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 6 (RHC)-- The Chilean assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution in the South American nation has elected a new president. After nine rounds of voting on Tuesday and Wednesday, members of the constitutional assembly chose epidemiologist Maria Elisa Quinteros to replace the body’s inaugural president, Indigenous Mapuche professor and activist Elisa Loncon.... More
Rio de Janeiro, January 6 (RHC)-- The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, reports that the blocks of Brazil's famous street carnival will not parade in 2022, after the increase of infections registered in the city of the Omicron variant during the Christmas festivities.... More
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