Nicaragua ended visa-free travel for Cuban citizens on Sunday, cutting off a previous pathway for Cubans seeking to enter the US. The order requires Cuban citizens to now carry more than an ordinary passport to travel in Nicaragua. The move shifts from Nicaragua’s “visa-free” policy towards Cuban citizens, implemented in 2021 to promote tourism and The post Nicaragua removes visa-free entry for Cubans amid US pressure appeared first on JURIST – News.

France’s former culture minister resigned from his leading role at a French cultural institute, Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), after the US Department of Justice’s recent “Epstein files” release revealed financial links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, prompting a tax investigation. Jack Lang, who served as cultural minister in under president François Mitterrand, is accused The post Former France cultural minister resigns after uncovered ties to Epstein appeared first on JURIST – News.

Cuban authorities are escalating surveillance and harassment of families of political prisoners while denying adequate medical care to jailed dissidents, Amnesty International said Monday. The human rights organization reported that relatives of prisoners of conscience face police cordons around their homes, movement restrictions, and threats, and that these actions are occurring in the absence of The post Cuba escalates surveillance, harassment of political prisoners’ families, Amnesty says appeared first on JURIST – News.

A military drone strike in western Niger killed at least 17 civilians, including four children, and injured at least 13 others when it hit a crowded market on January 6, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation released Monday. The afternoon strike in Kokoloko village in the Tillabéri region killed three Islamic State fighters but The post Military strike that killed 17 Niger civilians may be war crime, investigation finds appeared first on JURIST – News.