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Published: 21 October 2021

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• Guantánamo Bay prisoner Asadullah Haroon Gul

A U.S. federal court has ruled the detainment of a Guantánamo Bay prisoner is unlawful, a week after he was cleared for release by six U.S. security agencies.

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Published: 20 October 2021

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• Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants from Central America

A group of Central American mothers searching for their children are in the U.S. capital this week to demand action to find their missing loved ones, who disappeared on their journeys to the United States. The mothers are also denouncing human rights violations against Central American migrants.

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Published: 19 October 2021

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• Ecuador Indigenous nations

Indigenous communities from Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest have filed a lawsuit against the government of right-wing President Guillermo Lasso to halt his plans for a massive expansion of oil and mining extraction in the region — endangering millions of acres of pristine and sacred land and the livelihood of Indigenous nations.

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Published: 18 October 2021

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• former Spanish minister Martín Villa

An Argentinean judge has indicted a former Spanish minister who served during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco on four counts of homicide. The judge also ordered the immediate arrest of Martín Villa, who lives in Madrid, but said it was unlikely to happen.