‘Belarusian security forces arrest refugees, set dogs on them, torture them with electric shocks, butts them with guns’
Human rights groups in Belarus have also documented abuses – including beatings and torture – carried out by local security forces. Khaled Mohebi, a 27-year-old from Afghanistan, reported that when the Polish border guards pushed him back to Belarus when he first attempted to cross last October, Belarusian security forces...
Refugees fleeing war in Ukraine say Polish border guards broke their cell phones, shouted all night to deny them sleep
More than 3.5 million of the 6.5 million people who have fled Russia’s invasion have entered the European Union (UE) at the Poland-Ukraine border, mainly to open arms and a hot meal. This situation stands in stark contrast to the reception for refugees from the Middle East, Africa and South...
Transfer: Liverpool talisman Sadio Mane keeps club in suspense as German giants Bayern Munich circle him
Liverpool frontman Sadio Mane is playing his cards close to the chest, declining to confirm or rule out imminent exit from the club, only promising to make his position clear after the Champions League final on Saturday. However, the decision not to commit to anything has set tongues wagging with...
Racism detected as old images of African monkeypox patients are used to illustrate virus spread among Whites
In a part of Nigeria that has dealt with monkeypox outbreaks for years, one doctor saw the photos circulating in Western media this week and chuckled. “Those are the very severe cases,” said Oyewale Tomori, a virologist in the nation’s southwest. “Like, ‘Ahh! This is monkeypox!’” The virus – discovered...
US threatens to sanction Sudan military rulers blocking rapid transition to democracy, end to violence
The United States wants to see rapid progress from military to civilian rule in Sudan and has threatened sanctions on anyone impeding or blocking the transition to democracy. Richard Mills, deputy US ambassador at the United Nations, said on Tuesday that Washington supports a joint effort by the UN political...
