Family Separation Is Torture
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2020-02-25
The Trump administration's practice of separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border is torture, according to a new report from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a nonprofit organization that investigates human rights abuses internationally. | For "You Will Never See Your Child Again: The Persistent Psychological Effects of Family Separation," psychiatrists from the organization evaluated 26 migrant children and adults who had been separated for an average of 60…
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US Top Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over Shooting of Mexican Teen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent for fatally shooting a 15-year-old Mexican boy on Mexican soil from across the border in Texas. | RELATED: | California: New Task Force To Curb Gun-Related Home Violence | The court voted five to four to uphold the dismissal already exercised by a lower court in the lawsuit against the agent Jesus Mesa, who was standing on the U.S. side of the border when he shot Sergio Adrian Hernande…
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After US terrorist war and sanctions, Nicaragua fights for justice at international court
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-22
In Managua, Ben Norton interviews Nicaragua's representative to the UN's International Court of Justice, Carlos Argàºello Gómez, who speaks about…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/22/us-war-sanctions-nicaragua-icj-carlos-arguello/

Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy marks one year, leaving tens of thousands of migrants stranded in Mexican border towns
splcenter.org | 2020-01-29
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