Tag: Violence
Kenya: Leader Condemns Rising Femicide Cases
Police statistics indicate more than 100 women have been killed in separate incidents between August and November. On Wednesday, Kenyan President William Ruto condemned the alarming rise in femicide cases across the country, urging collective efforts to protect women from gender-based violence. Related:Kenya: Farmers fight against GMOs Ruto, who addressed a televised news conference in […]
November 21, 2024
Haiti: Anti-gang Operations Continue in Capital
Gang members have already attacked the port, schools, police stations, prisons, ministries, bank branches, community stores, the National Printing House, which was first published in 1804, and set fire to a 96,000 square meter warehouse in the free zone. On Thursday., the Haitian National Police and members of the armed forces are continuing operations today […]
November 21, 2024
Ecuador: Government Recalls State of Emergency, Protests
The general commander of the National Police, Víctor Zárate, indicated that entry to this area of the capital is restricted and added that they will be able to ‘repel any aggression with the legitimate use of force’. On Thursday, Ecuador’s interior minister, Monica Palencia, recalled that a state of emergency is in force in the […]
November 21, 2024
Riot in Ecuadorian Prison Leaves 15 Dead
Since the right has taken over Ecuador, this nation has become the Latin American country with the highest homicide rate. In the early hours of Tuesday, a riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil left at least 15 inmates dead and another 14 injured. Residents in neighborhoods near the penitentiary reported hearing gunshots and explosions […]
November 12, 2024
PM Declare State of Emergency in Rockfort, East of Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, declared a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in and around Rockfort, east Kingston, following the Monday night shooting that killed five people and wounded two, at a football game in the Pleasant Heights area. RELATED: Cuba: Emergency Declared in Affected Areas by Hurricane Oscar The SOE was declared after comprehensive […]
October 26, 2024
Haiti: Gangs Attacks UN Helicopter
The helicopter carried 18 people, three crew members and 15 passengers; none were injured. A UN helicopter was attacked on Thursday by Haitian gang members while flying over the gang-controlled Grand Ravine neighborhood. Related:Africa: the Great Green Wall According to a UN source, the aircraft took off from Port-au-Prince and landed safely back in the […]
October 25, 2024
Italy Increases Penalties for Assaulting Healthcare Workers
This is a response to the recent escalation of violence against medical staff by patients, relatives, or acquaintances of the sick. On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni approved a decree to increase penalties against those who assault healthcare personnel. RELATED: Italian Doctors Protest Against Spike in Patient Violence Against Hospital Staff It establishes an […]
September 27, 2024
Italian Doctors Protest Against Spike in Patient Violence Against Hospital Staff
Health workers took part in a sit-in in Foggia, after three aggressive acts were reported over the past 10 days. On Monday, medical staff in the southern Italian region of Apulia staged a protest over increasing violence by patients’ relatives against doctors and nurses. RELATED: Observers From Southern Italy Certify the Reliability of the Venezuelan […]
September 16, 2024
Ecuador: Unknow Suspects Kills Director of One of the Largest Prisions in the Country
It is the second murder of a prison warden in nine days in the South American country. The National Service of Integral Care to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) in Ecuador reported on Thursday that María Daniela Icaza, director of the Penitentiary del Litoral, the largest and most populated prison in Ecuador, was killed in […]
September 13, 2024
Honduras Dennounce the Coup Plan in Progress
The President confirmed that peace and internal security of the Republic is at risk.