Mexico’s Leader Vowed ‘Hugs Not Bullets,’ but the Carnage Continues
The New York Times, 31 Aug 2022
The president disbanded the Federal Police and created the National Guard to tackle soaring violence, but three years later, criminal cartels have expanded their reach.
Mexico arrests former top prosecutor in 2014 missing students case
Reuters, 31 Aug 2022
Mexican officials on Friday made the first high-level arrest in the notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students, accusing a former top prosecutor of crimes in one of Mexico’s worst human rights abuses that current officials have called a state crime.
Outgoing UN human rights chief Bachelet to be temporarily replaced by deputy
France24, 31 Aug 2022
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, whose term ends Wednesday, will be temporarily replaced by her deputy until her successor is named, the UN secretary-general’s spokesperson said Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia: Egyptian Nubian men face prison sentence for organizing event
Amnesty International, 30 Aug 2022
Responding to the news that 10 Egyptian Nubian men are at risk of being sentenced to prison in a hearing session on 31 August after a grossly unfair trial for organizing a peaceful remembrance event, Diana Semaan, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “After over two years of arbitrary detention and a grossly unfair trial marred by due process violations, the Saudi authorities continue to prosecute the 10 Egyptian Nubian men solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly in organizing a community event and establishing a community organization to represent them”.
Colombia will not extradite criminals who negotiate government deals – Petro
Reuters, 25 Aug 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed on Wednesday that drug traffickers who comply with government surrender conditions and abandon the trade will not be extradited to face charges abroad.
Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home
Reuters, 25 Aug 2022
Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes.
Britain’s former Myanmar envoy detained in Yangon
Reuters, 25 Aug 2022
Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain’s former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.
Rohingya crisis fund is ‘well short of needs’ – UN refugee agency
Reuters, 23 Aug 2022
An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is “well short of needs”, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.
