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The Situation on Manus Island Keeps Getting Worse
700 asylum seekers detained by Australia on Manus Island are refusing to eat. That's 67 percent of the centre's whole population.
'There's No Chance of Me Going Back': An Iranian Asylum Seeker Is Starving Himself to Death in Australia's Legal Limbo
The lawyer of an Iranian man, given the choice between returning to Iran and indefinite detention, told VICE News that his client is instead prepared to starve himself to death.
Greece Was Taken Over by Rioting Again This Weekend
Protesters gathered in honor of the 2008 killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos by cops in Athens.
The US Finally Sealed the Deal and Sent Six Gitmo Detainees to Uruguay
Six Guantanamo Bay prisoners were sent to Uruguay in a long-awaited deal that marks the largest detainee transfer since Obama pledged to close the facility in 2009.
Greek Anarchists Set Athens on Fire in Solidarity with a Hunger Striker
Thousands marched in support of an imprisoned anarchist bank robber last Tuesday night.
Environmental Activist Near Death After 65-Day Hunger Strike in Trinidad
Wayne Kublalsingh is crusading against a plan to build a four-lane highway through a wetlands wildlife habitat in the Caribbean nation.
London’s Kurds Marched to Convince the World to Save Their Homeland from the Islamic State
The demonstrators were furious that the international community has so far seemed unconcerned with the fate of their people.
Guantanamo's Controversial Force-Feeding Policies Go on Trial
Almost 13 years after hunger strikes at Guantanamo first began, a federal judge could force military personnel to radically change the way they treat detainees.
New Gitmo Commander: 'Majority of Detainees Have… a Relative Degree of Freedom'
VICE News traveled to Guantanamo Bay to speak to the new commander of the base. His plans seem to indicate its detention facility won't be closing anytime soon.
Peru's New Cocaine
Some analysts think illegal gold in Peru may be more important — and more dangerous — than cocaine.
An Anti-Terror Law is Inflaming Tensions in Chile's Indigenous Turf War
The legislation currently allows for the extended detention of suspects without charge and greater sentences upon conviction, as well as, most controversially, anonymous witness testimony as primary evidence.
One Conscientious Objector at Gitmo Is Great — But It's Not Enough
A nurse at the Guantanamo Bay prison is refusing to force feed prisoners. His lead needs to be followed by other medical personnel there.