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"Freed flotilla human rights defenders report rape and broken bones in Israeli custody. Rome prosecutors investigating. Eleven countries summoned Israeli ambassadors. US sanctioned the flotilla's organisers.
The European Parliament has formally consented to Canada's participation in the EU's €150-billion Security Action for Europe programme. The agreement is now fully binding, making Canada the only non-European country with preferential access to SAFE procurement.
The Global Sumud Flotilla set out from Turkey on 14 May with 54 boats and nearly 500 people from 45 countries. 430 are now in Ketziot prison.
Italy, Spain, Canada, Germany, France and South Korea have all publicly turned on Israel in the past two months. The arms keep flowing, the settlements keep expanding, and 72,549 Palestinians are dead.
Israel and Lebanon agreed a 10-day ceasefire on 16 April — the first direct agreement since 1983 — with Israeli troops remaining in Lebanon and Hezbollah warning it retains the right to resist.
US Marines break ceasefire by boarding the Iranian-flagged Touska on 19 April after the USS Spruance disabled it. Iran called it piracy and cancelled a second round of Islamabad talks. Brent crude rose above $97.
Hours after the US renewed its Russia oil sanctions waiver, Ukraine struck two refineries, a terminal, a port and a Crimea depot overnight on 18 April.
Trump's naval blockade, declared hours after peace talks collapsed in Islamabad, doesn't just escalate the Iran war. It transforms a regional conflict into a direct challenge to every nation that refused to pick a side.
Israeli police forcibly dispersed an antiwar demonstration in Tel Aviv this week, arresting 17 people. The protest had been explicitly authorised by Israel's High Court of Justice. Police dispersed it anyway, violating the Israeli constitution and international law.
Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim Traoré declared publicly this week that "democracy isn't for us," extending his rule to 2029 and deepening the country's slide toward permanent military governance.
At least 30 were killed in DRC's Ituri province while the $1.4-billion humanitarian appeal sits 30% funded and conflict-linked rape reaches extreme levels.
UN human rights chief Volker Türk reported more than 200 civilians killed by drones in Sudan's Kordofan region since 4 March, as the war enters its fourth year with no accountability.
