With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…
At least 304 dead as Haiti struck by 7.2-magnitude earthquake
Prime minister declares month-long state of emergency after earthquake felt across the CaribbeanAt least 304 people have died, with 1,800 injured and hundreds missing after Haiti was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that reduced churches, hotels an…
Brazilian singer turned congresswoman held over husband’s murder
Flordelis dos Santos de Souza arrested in Rio after losing protection of parliamentary privilegeThe Brazilian gospel star turned congresswoman accused of masterminding the murder of her preacher husband has been arrested after she was expelled from con…
Nicaraguan police raid opposition newspaper La Prensa
Only remaining print paper raided as part of ‘customs fraud and money laundering’ investigationNicaraguan police have raided the offices of the main opposition newspaper La Prensa.The national police said the raid on Friday was part of an investigatio…
Belarus repression and the Taliban advance: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue reading…
‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak out
Rights defenders describe threats and abuse while working to protect their communitiesReport: Sex workers fighting for human rights among world’s most ‘at risk activists’A report has found that sex worker activists are among the most at risk human righ…
Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses
Scale of church’s assets revealed in string of investigationsDiscovery of unmarked graves prompts fresh reparations callsThe Catholic church in Canada has come under growing pressure to compensate victims of the country’s residential school system afte…
Jamaica calls for deportation flight from UK to be halted over Covid fears
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight after outbreak among those due to be onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Jamaican government has called on the Home Office to halt a controversial deportation flight …
Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers
Unions say Teleperformance also asked some staff based overseas to give biometric and medical dataA multinational call centre used by dozens of leading UK companies has been criticised for what unions have called the intrusive monitoring of home-workin…
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route
Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never arrive At 6.30am on Friday 28 May, three fishermen at work four miles off the southern coast of Tobago …