Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 1800 GMT, June 22, 2018 to 0800 GMT, June 23, 2018.
UN upbraids US
The United Nations has condemned the detention of migrant children by US authorities at the Mexico border as possible torture. In a statement, the UN human rights council called for the release of over 2,300 children from detention centers. The statement urged the US government to reunite the children with their families based on their rights to liberty and family unity. The council also questioned the US president’s recent order to stop the controversial practice for leading to indefinite detention of entire families in violation of international human rights standards.
Refugee row in Europe
Italy’s transport minister says Malta has refused to take in a ship carrying more than 200 refugees rescued from rubber dinghies off the Libyan coast. Danilo Toninelli slammed Malta’s decision as absurd and inhumane. His remarks came as Italy's new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refused port to the same vessel. On June 11, Salvini also blocked the Aquarius rescue ship, which was carrying over 600 refugees, from docking at the country’s port. The move sparked a row with the European Union. Leaders from 10 EU member states will meet in Brussels on Sunday to discuss how best to stem the flow of refugees into the bloc.
Spain in pain
In Spain, a court’s decision to grant bail to five men who were convicted of sexually abusing a woman has led to mass protests across the country. The demonstrators, mostly women, chanted “If they don’t kill us, we are invisible.” The court in Northern Spain’s Navarre Region deemed there was no risk of the men committing the crime again before their appeal is heard. The men, who called themselves the Wolf Pack in a social network, had been accused of sexual abuse at the Pamplona bull running festival in 2016. The Spanish government has promised to reconsider the country’s laws on sexual crimes.
Palestinian injuries
Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have staged anti-occupation rallies. The demonstrations turned violent after Israeli snipers began shooting at the protesters, which left over 200 Palestinians injured, several of them in critical condition. Our correspondent Halla Alsafadi reports from Gaza.
US flip-flops on North Korea
The US president flip-flops on North Korea days after touting the success of a summit with the country’s leader Kim Jong-un. In a presidential declaration sent to Congress, Donald Trump said North Korea's nuclear program still poses an unusual and extraordinary threat to the US. Trump added that he would extend tough economic sanctions on Pyongyang for another year. Last week, he said the North’s nuclear program no longer constitutes a danger following his summit with Kim in Singapore. At the event, the two leaders signed a pledge to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. But this has stopped short of longstanding US demands for North Korea to give up its atomic arsenal.
People protest Saudi policies
Hundreds of protesters gathered Friday in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington to condemn Riyadh’s policies. They also called for the reconstruction of the historical Baqi’ Cemetery in Medina. Press TV correspondent Colin Campbell has the story.
US immigration plan
The United States is planning to send tens of thousands of migrants to military detention centers in line with President Donald Trump’s Zero Tolerance immigration policy. A US Navy document shows that potential locations have been identified for building tent cities at remote military sites in the states of California, Arizona, and Alabama. The Pentagon has been asked to get the facilities available as early as July through the end of the year. Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown has already separated over two thousand children from their parents at the Mexican border in recent weeks. The US president signed an executive order on Wednesday to end the controversial measure, but the fate of the separated children remains unclear. A federal judge says he could rule on a request to order the US government to reunite the separated children.
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