German Redress for Namibia Genocide Spurs Colonial-Era Reckoning
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(Bloomberg) Germanyâs admission that a colonial-era massacre in Namibia constituted genocide shines a light on Europeâs shameful imperial past and growing calls for a reckoning, potentially giving fresh impetus to claims for redress from other formerly occupied nations.
Berlin has offered Namibia 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to be used to fund land reform, rural infrastructure, water supply and training in communities whose ancestors bore the brunt of the killing spree. The aid offer did not infer any legal claim to reparations, but wa
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Canadian Guards Beat a Prisoner to Death Four Years Ago. Now They Have Impunity.
A small group of family and friends of Soleiman Faqiri hold a vigil at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada, on February 8, 2017.
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December 15 marks yet another anniversary in the calendar of carceral violence: the killing of Soleiman Faqiri, who was beaten to death by guards in an Ontario solitary confinement cell in 2016. This August almost four years later the Ontario Provincial Police announced that no one will be charged.
Faqiri, known as Soli, was 30 years old. He had studied environmental engineering at university before being diagnosed with schizophrenia following a car accident in 2004. At the time of his death, he was being held in Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario, pending trial for assault. He was placed in solitary confinement despite his diagnosis, a violation of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.