SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding that they are concerned about tap water pollution, excessive prices and attempts to silence critics. They noted that activists, scientists and others who have spoken out about the situation are being censored, and that … Read more
CHICAGO — Chicago has begun evicting some migrants from its shelters, a controversial policy that had been delayed for months but appeared haphazard, a migrant told NBC News on Monday. Migrants who have been evicted, as well as those who face a rapidly approaching deadline, said there has been widespread confusion about the process and … Read more
GENEVA — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said human rights violations have been widespread since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to … Read more
NIAMEY, Niger — Days after after mutinous troopers ousted Niger’s democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting concerning the nation’s future and a few are calling out the junta’s causes for seizing management. The mutineers mentioned they overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, who was elected two years in the past in Niger’s first peaceable, democratic switch of … Read more