Lawlessness in Haiti amounts to a “human rights emergency”, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned, urging immediate action as the Caribbean nation grapples with a spate of vigilante killings. Speaking via video during a UN Security Council session on Wednesday, Volker Turk warned that Haiti is “dangling over an abyss”. “The state’s lack of capacity to fulfill human rights has completely eroded people’s confidence. The social contract has collapsed. The current lawlessness is a human rights emergency that calls for a robust response,” said Turk, who visited the country in February. “There is an immediate need…
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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman has been named the American League Player of the Month for April. Chapman has gotten off to a torrid start in 2023, leading the AL in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and doubles. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The 30-year-old slashed .384/.465/.687 in the opening month with 15 doubles and five home runs while posting a 1.152 OPS. He also added 21 RBI, 14 walks and 17 runs scored to his early season totals. Chapman has ripped the cover off the baseball so far this season, helping him to his…
Questions are raised at a UN human rights meeting about the role of the Russian private military contractor.Western countries have raised concerns at a United Nations human rights meeting over the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group’s activities in Mali, including an alleged role in the killings of civilians. The United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ukraine were among the countries at the meeting in Geneva on Tuesday that questioned what kind of support Wagner contractors are giving Mali’s armed forces. “We are particularly concerned by the presence and actions of the Wagner Group,” Canadian envoy Patricia Lyn McCullagh told…
President’s deputy says it also represents a failure of US policies in the region.Tehran, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Syria and is expected to meet with President Bashar al-Assad in what Tehran has described as a sign of its “strategic victory” in regional affairs. Raisi landed in Damascus on Wednesday for a two-day trip and received an official welcome to kick off the first state visit by an Iranian president to Syria in 13 years. He was accompanied by his ministers of foreign affairs, roads and urban development, petroleum and economic affairs and Iran’s central bank…
After two weeks of armed conflict, Sudan’s feared paramilitary leader, Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, has fought the army to a deadlock in the capital of Khartoum. But his Rapid Support Forces could be more vulnerable in their stronghold in Darfur, where a rival has challenged Hemedti for tribal supremacy, analysts and residents told Al Jazeera. Enter Musa Hilal, a respected tribal chief from the same Arab Rizeigat tribe that Hemedti hails. Back in 2003, Hilal fought on behalf of the government against mostly non-Arab armed groups, who were rebelling against what they said was the state’s neglect and exploitation of…
As the war enters its 434th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Wednesday, May 3, 2023: Fighting Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the United States government does not have any data on Russian losses in eastern Ukraine and that estimates claiming 20,000 soldiers had been killed in the past five months had been “plucked from thin air”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least two people were killed in Pavlohrad, a Ukrainian city and railway hub in the east, in an overnight Russian missile attack. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of…
SARNIA, Ont. — Sasha Pastujov scored a goal and added two assists as the Sarnia Sting defeated the visiting London Knights 5-3 in the third game of their Ontario Hockey League Western Conference final. Marcus Limpar-Lantz, Nolan Burke, Ethan Ritchie and Luca Del Bel Belluz also scored for the Sting, who now trail the best-of-seven series 2-1. George Diaco, Ryan Winterton and Brody Crane scored for the Knights, who won the first two games 4-1 and 3-1. Game 4 is Wednesday. PETES 3, BATTALION 2 (Peterborough leads best-of-seven series, 2-1) PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Samuel Mayer scored at 17:55 of the…
The Organization of American States, as well as Paraguay officials, have affirmed the legitimacy of Sunday’s vote.An international body charged with overseeing democracy and human rights in the Americas has affirmed that there is “no reason to question the results” of Sunday’s presidential election in Paraguay, where protests have broken out in support of the third-place candidate. The Organization of American States (OAS) issued a statement on Tuesday saying it “did not observe serious incidents” or “interruptions in the processing of sensitive electoral information”, nor did it find any deficiencies in the handling of election material. Instead, it called “for…
Washington, DC – A Maryland senator has called on the administration of President Joe Biden to give legislators access to a report from the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) about the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Democrat Chris Van Hollen said on Tuesday that he sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to make the assessment “available immediately for Congressional review”. “I ask that you immediately authorize the release of the full and unedited USSC Report under appropriate classification to me and other interested Members of Congress,” the senator wrote to Blinken. The…
An explosion derailed another freight train in a Russian region near Ukraine, authorities say, adding there were no casualties.An explosion derailed a freight train for the second day in a row in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, sending both the locomotive and some cars off the tracks, authorities said. Tuesday’s incident occurred in the western Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus. Russian officials say pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups have made multiple attacks there since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. “An unidentified explosive device went off near the Snezhetskaya railway station. There were no casualties,” Bryansk regional governor Alexander…