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UN Criticizes Spain for inhuman treatment of Moroccan fruit pickers

The UN has rebuked Spain for the inhuman treatment suffered by thousands of Moroccan women who work as seasonal workers in the strawberry farms of the Huelva region. UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter urged Spain to urgently improve the “deplorable conditions” endured in the strawberry townships before people […]

Syria: Army of Islam shells Damascus, government responds with airstrikes

Shells fired by the Army of Islam militants into the Syrian capital Damascus have killed at least 5 people and there are threats that more will follow. The government responded by launching more than 70 airstrikes in the Eastern Ghouta district, where the militants are based. This is the second attack the group has launched […]

South Africa: Deadly attacks on white farmers, a risk of new racial tensions?

The killing of a 21-old farmer in Free State province, last week, has ignited protests and raised fears about the risk of new racial tensions in South Africa, one of the most violent and unequal countries in the world. Several hundred angry farmers took to the streets in capital Pretoria to denounce the killing of […]