Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Rwanda has to investigate killings of opposition members On this International Right to Truth Day, I want justice for my colleagues who were killed or disappeared while fighting for a truly democratic Rwanda. ADVERTISEMENT Today, we observe the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. One purpose of this important annual observance, as stated by the United Nations, is to “pay tribute to those who have devoted their lives to, and lost their lives in, the struggle to promote and protect human rights for all”. The list of such people is long in my country, Rwanda. It includes members of opposition groups, independent activists and journalists, among many others. ADVERTISEMENT While all those who fell in the battle to uphold human rights in Rwanda deserve

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Iran, Syria condemn US attacks on Iran-linked facilities Tehran says the US attacks hit civilian targets and constituted a violation of international law and Syrian sovereignty. ADVERTISEMENT Tehran, Iran – The governments of Iran and Syria have condemned the United States for attacks on Syrian soil that reportedly killed 19 people, which Washington said it carried out following a drone attack on US forces. ADVERTISEMENT Both the Iranian and Syrian foreign ministries late on Saturday slammed the US air attacks that targeted the strategic region of Deir ez-Zor bordering Iraq. ADVERTISEMENT In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said the “terrorist” attacks by the US hit civilian targets and constituted a violation of international law and Syrian sovereignty. ADVERTISEMENT “The US claims t

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM More boats sink off Tunisia’s coast, killing 29 asylum seekers Latest deaths come as Italian media report that a record 2,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Lampedusa within 24 hours. ADVERTISEMENT Tunisia’s coast guard recovered 10 bodies from a migrant boat which sank near the coast, the second vessel to sink within hours off Tunisia, bringing the death toll to 29, according to a security official. Houssem Jebabli, a national guard official, said that the boat sank off the coast of Mahdia, without giving further details. ADVERTISEMENT Earlier on Sunday, a human rights group said at least 19 refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa had drowned off the coast of Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean and reach Italy. ADVERTISEMENT Romdhane Ben Amor, an official at the Forum for Social and Economic Rights