30 h. ago ‘They are pushing us out’: how El Salvador turned to gang violence laws to seize land from the poor

Emergency legislation is being used in increasingly repressive ways to grab back land granted during the civil war, say campaignersIn early May, the farming cooperative of El Bosque in Santa Tecla, one of El Salvador’s largest cities, received an eviction notice; a new battle in a decades-old fight for land. In response, community members organised a peaceful sit-in near hardline President Nayib Bukele’s private residence, hoping to appeal directly for help.Instead, they were confronted by military police. The protest ended in five detentions: four members of the cooperative and its lawyer. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Dark history of abandoned town ‘like Chernobyl’ where 70,000 homes stand frozen in time

The housing estate of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga has become a no-go area, with gang violence a regular feature of an abandoned project that is now crumbling into the ground

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1 week ago Case for decriminalising some cannabis possession ‘compelling’, Sadiq Khan says after London policing review

Sir Sadiq clashes with Met Police who insist drug peddling ‘drives and underpins’ gang violence across the capital

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1 week ago Case for legalising some cannabis possession ‘compelling’, Sadiq Khan says after London policing review

Sir Sadiq clashes with Met Police who insist drug peddling ‘drives and underpins’ gang violence across the capital

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2 w. ago Organization of American States under pressure from the US to help quell gang violence in Haiti

The Organization of American States is coming under pressure to help quash gang violence in Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police in the troubled Caribbean country struggles with a lack of funds and personnel

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2 w. ago Teen dying on beach 'only a matter of time' says mum of girl battered by gang

Kayden Moy, 16, from East Kilbride, died in hospital after being stabbed at Irvine Beach and now the mother of a schoolgirl beaten up by a gang is demanding more action against youth violence

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait | Editorial

The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women nowThe Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing a case against Nicola Packer was in the public interest. Thankfully, jurors last week cleared the 45-year-old of illegally terminating her pregnancy. But more than four years of police and criminal proceedings have had a lasting impact on a woman already traumatised by discovering that she was 26 weeks pregnant, not about 10, when she acted. The trial dragged her private life – even her sexual preferences – into the public eye. Understandably, she called it “humiliating”. But it is prosecutors who should feel shame.Ms Packer was prescribed abortion pills in a remote consultation, due to a Covid lockdown. Prosecutors alleged that she deliberately breached the abortion time limit. Jurors believed Ms Packer, who said that she was horrified to realise how advanced her pregnancy was whe...

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3 w. ago Murders in Jamaica drop but activists alarmed at rise in fatal police shootings

Officials hail fewer homicides as rights advocates call for body-worn cameras to improve police accountabilityJamaican officials have hailed a sharp reduction in murders but rights campaigners warn that tackling crime should not come at the expense of accountability amid an “alarming” rise in fatal police shootings.Already burdened with the highest homicide rates in the region, Jamaica has recently struggled with a surge in gang-related violence. But the number of murders per capita has been falling this year, with a marked decline between January and April. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Netflix fans rave over gangster film with 'greatest fight scenes ever' and a whopping 92% Rotten Tomatoes score

The movie (pictured), made and released by the streamer in 2018, follows a gang's crime enforcer is to use violence to ensure the syndicate's rules are followed and its business is protected.

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