Cases of conflict-related sexual violence will more than double by 2025, UN warns

Cases of conflict-related sexual violence will more than double by 2025, UN warns

Releasing the UN’s annual report on Friday, Special Representative Pramila Patten said the figures reflect a deepening global trend, with growing insecurity, displacement and increasingly limited resources for survivors fueling the crisis. “In 2025, cases of sexual violence were documented as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression marked by extreme brutality and…

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The ICE officer wanted for shooting a man during a crackdown in Minneapolis has been arrested in Texas

The ICE officer wanted for shooting a man during a crackdown in Minneapolis has been arrested in Texas

Minneapolis — A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. Christian Castro, of ICE, was taken into custody 11 days after prosecutors arrested him in Minneapolis. She accused him of assault and false reporting a crime in the non-fatal…

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A Ghanaian mother and her child have been detained at the airport for several days after arriving on a valid visa, lawyers say

A Ghanaian mother and her child have been detained at the airport for several days after arriving on a valid visa, lawyers say

A pregnant Ghanaian woman who entered the United States on a valid visa with her 4-year-old son so he could get medical care was detained for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents. Annabella Gyasi arrived last Tuesday at Washington Dulles International Airport…

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