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Somali pirates release hijacked Aris 13 oil tanker without ransom

Somali pirates release hijacked Aris 13 oil tanker without ransom

Somali pirates on Thursday (16 March) released the Sri Lanka-flagged Aris 13 oil tanker without taking any ransom. The release followed a gunfight between the pirates and Somali maritime forces. In the first hijack of a commercial ship by Somali pirates since 2012, the freighter turned off its tracking system and diverted its course towards the Somali coast after sending a distress call upon being approached by high-speed boats on 13 March. The attackers are thought to have almost never let go of a ship and its crew without getting a ransom. Mar 17, 2017
Border Wars: The view from both sides of the fight over US immigration

Border Wars: The view from both sides of the fight over US immigration

On one side, 30-year-old Ammi Arevalo, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, requests Trump to not deport her because of her illegal immigration status, and on the other side, Sam Herrera, an Outreach Director at Stop the Magnet, an anti-illegal immigration organization based in Houston, focuses on deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States. He calls illegal immigration a cancer that needs to be cured. Mar 15, 2017
Unsolved killing of Latin American activists has left many frustrated

Unsolved killing of Latin American activists has left many frustrated

Mexico has emerged as one of the most perilous countries in the region. Organised crime, state-sanctioned intimidation and near-total impunity have proved to be a hazardous and often deadly combination for the many activists trying to protect the country’s natural resources. In January, Mexico’s Center for Environmental Rights (CEMDA) released a report that documented 63 attacks against environmental activists in 2015 and 2016. However, this only included cases reported on by the media or other NGOs, so the number could be much higher.The high rate of human rights abuses in Mexico has drawn increasing international attention: Baldenegro was killed while UN Special Rapporteur Michel Frost was in Mexico investigating attacks against activists. Still, the renewed global focus on the activists’ plight doesn’t mean the violence has waned. Baldenegro had been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his campaign to protect Mexico’s ancient forests from illegal logging—the same work that led to his father’s murder 30 years ago. His death came less than a year after the shooting death of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, who received the Goldman prize in 2015. “It used to be that when you got to that level of awareness about your work, it gave you some measure of protection,” says Article 19’s David Banisar. “Now even that seems to be undermined. It’s a good indication that things are getting worse.” Mar 14, 2017
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