Guantanamo Bay: UN special rapporteur calls for closure of the facility | Oneindia News
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Guantanamo Bay: UN special rapporteur calls for closure of the facility | Oneindia News
In a strongly worded report, the UN Rights Experts have said that with nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is "cruel, inhuman and degrading.
This is for the first time, the US has allowed a UN investigator team to visit the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba, which opened in 2002.
The UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain said that mistreatment at the prison on an American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounted to violations of detainees’ fundamental rights and freedoms. The detainees, held close to two decades after being seized as suspects following the 2001 al-Qaeda attack on the United States, have endured a litany of abuse, including forced cell extractions, poor medical and mental healthcare, said Ni Aolain.
The detainees also have had inadequate access to family either by in-person visits or calls.
Introducing the team’s report, she said that Washington was yet to address the most glaring rights violation related to the detainees: their secret seizure and transfer - or rendition – to Guantanamo in the early 2000s, and, for many, enduring extensive torture by US operatives in the first years after the September 11 attacks.
As Haiti's crisis worsens with PM Ariel Henry's resignation amid gang violence, the Biden administration weighs using Guantanamo Bay to process Haitian migrants in case of a mass exodus. Florida's Gov. DeSantis deploys law enforcement anticipating migrant influx. Gang attacks have paralyzed Haiti, displacing thousands, while 4 million face food insecurity. Another migrant influx seems imminent.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticizes Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's candidature from Raebareli, alleging that he is running away from challenges. Modi mocks Gandhi's election history, accusing him of avoiding tough contests. Watch the fiery exchange and political jabs unfold at the Bardhaman-Durgapur rally in West Bengal.
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India condemns Pakistan's 'dubious track record', rebukes negative remarks by Pakistan's UN envoy on Kashmir. Kamboj emphasizes terrorism's opposition to peace,.. IndiaTimes
The Cuban government has called upon the US ambassador, Benjamin Ziff, to attend a meeting at its foreign ministry, alleging that Washington played a role in fueling a protest that unfolded in the streets of Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city.
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Vladimir Putin Secures 5th Term , as Russia’s President.
On March 18, Russia's Central
Election Commission confirmed that
Putin won reelection by a landslide.
He reportedly received over 87% of the vote.
Countries that congratulated him include
Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, North Korea,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.
However, critics say that Putin
didn't have any credible opposition,
and free speech against him was stifled.
For example, Alexei Navalny, a fierce opponent of Putin's, died last month in an Arctic prison, and his other critics have either been jailed or exiled, 'USA Today' reports. .
For example, Alexei Navalny, a fierce opponent of Putin's, died last month in an Arctic prison, and his other critics have either been jailed or exiled, 'USA Today' reports. .
Independent media outlets
have also been shuttered. .
The elections took place in an
ever-shrinking political space, which
has resulted in an alarming increase
of violations of civil and political rights.., Josep Borrell, the European Union's
top foreign policy official, via statement.
... and precluded many candidates
from running, including all those opposed to
Russia’s illegal war of aggression, deprived
Russian voters of a real choice and heavily
limited their access to accurate information, Josep Borrell, the European Union's
top foreign policy official, via statement.
The United States referred to the
vote as "neither free nor fair," while
Germany called it a "pseudo-election.".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Putin is "sick with power and is doing everything in his power to rule forever.".
Putin is currently Russia's "longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin," 'USA Today' reports.
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In an uncommon display of dissent, hundreds of people in Santiago, Cuba's second-largest city, took to the streets in a rare public protest on Sunday. Social media and official reports highlighted the event, prompting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to appeal for dialogue amidst what he termed as an "atmosphere of tranquillity and peace."
#CubaProtests #RareProtests #FoodShortages #ElectricityShortages #CubaCrisis #PublicDissent #SocialUnrest #HumanRights #GovernmentResponse #EconomicCrisis #PoliticalTensions #CivilUnrest #ProtestMovement #SocialJustice #CitizenRights #FreedomOfExpression #CubanGovernment #InternationalAttention #GlobalConcerns #SocialMediaCoverage
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Crisis in Haiti , Could Drive Another Wave of , Illegal Immigration in the US.
'Newsweek' reports that the United States
could be facing another wave of illegal
immigration driven by refugees fleeing Haiti.
On March 11, President Ariel Henry said
he would resign amid widespread gang
violence and a breakdown of law and order.
An estimated 80% of Port-au-Prince,
the Haitian capital, are under
the control of armed gangs.
An estimated 80% of Port-au-Prince,
the Haitian capital, are under
the control of armed gangs.
We are alert to that possibility.
The driving conditions in Haiti
could very well press
more people [to migrate], Rebecca Zimmerman, Department of Defense official,
via 'Newsweek'.
Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics
at University College London, warned that
a deepening immigration crisis would pose
a serious challenge for the Biden administration.
Fair or unfair, anything that
highlights the immigration
crisis is a net negative
for Biden at the moment, Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics
at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.
To the extent that the tragedy
in Haiti puts a new refugee story
in the headlines, it will only make
the immigration issue more
salient for American voters. , Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics
at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.
At the same time, Biden's
hands will no doubt be tied
by progressive groups who
will insist that the White House
not repatriate refugees back to
Haiti given the huge political
instability in the country, Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics
at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.
According to a Monmouth University survey,
84% of voters in the U.S. consider illegal
immigration a "serious" or "very serious" issue.
In 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared
a state of emergency after hundreds of
migrants from Haiti and Cuba arrived by boat.
An estimated 146,000 Haitian migrants
were encountered at the U.S. border
between October 2020 and May 2023
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In an internal investigation, the Pentagon on Thursday admitted that American forces had misidentified an intended al Qaeda target during a drone strike in Syria in 2023, killing a civilian in the process. Citing classified material, the U.S. Central Command stated in a statement that it was unable to disclose many investigational details to the public. Although the strike complied with U.S. policy and the law of armed conflict, the investigation "uncovered several areas that could be strengthened."
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