EU Funds Building Roma Ghettos in Italy
By Bernard Rorke October 13, 2026 An Italian housing rights collective and the ERRC have called on the European Commission to suspend payments to Calabria Region and urgently investigate the chronic mismanagement and alleged misuse of EU funds to reproduce housing segregation, following the scandalous enactment of a “non-existent State of Emergency” that undermines Roma residents’ right to housing. A new report strongly suggests that despite previous commitments to the EU, th
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Brazilian women are being killed at record rates
Brazilian Women are being killed at record rates. Now it is a key election issue. October 02, 2026 Jo Griffin As the country heads to the polls, candidates are looking to sway female voters with pledges to tackle femicide. For the mother who has spent 20 years recording the names of 30,000 victims, it couldn’t come soon enough. Ever since her daughter, Priscila, was shot dead by her ex-partner as she left a nightclub in 2007, Regina Jardim has been on a mission to ensure no o
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Israel Demolishes Dozens of Bedouin Homes
By AFP 13 October, 2026 Men salvage scrap from the rubble of destroyed buildings of the Abu Wadi Bedouin community that were demolished for lack of construction permits, in the village of al-Dhahiyah near Rahat in Israel's southern district on October 12, 2026. (AFP) Approximately 400 people were affected by the demolitions in the Negev desert. Residents say they have nowhere else to go after their homes were destroyed. RAHAT: Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin
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Guinea-Bissau to delay elections following last year's coup
By Jessica Donati 8 October, 2026 Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Ilidio Vieira Te walks to the podium to address the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 25, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz. DAKAR, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for December 6, will have to be delayed, Prime Minister Ilídio Vieira Té told reporters on Thursday, though he did not set a new date for the vote. T
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Azerbaijan Blocks Social Media as Hijab Protests Continue
By Rafig Shahbazov 12 October 2026 Photo: Shutterstock Users in Azerbaijan have reported difficulties accessing Instagram and TikTok, claiming the sites only work with VPNs: fuelling speculation that the authorities are restricting access amid protests against hijab restrictions in schools. Users have reported that the platforms were inaccessible from Monday morning, with some complaining about slow connections, feeds failing to refresh, and videos not loading. While outage-m
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Deadly air strikes highlight Egypt-Sudan border insecuritY
By Mohammad Mansour October 12, 2026 Repeated air raids targeting civilian gold miners reveal deepening regional instability as Sudan’s devastating conflict spills across porous borders. Credit: Mohnd Blal/AP An alleged air strike on a gold mining site in northern Sudan has killed at least 72 workers, according to a rights group, highlighting the severe security vacuum along the country’s increasingly lawless border with Egypt. The Khartoum-based rights group Emergency Lawyer
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