News Clips- March 31, 2017

This week, hundreds of people in Johannesburg, South Africa protested recent xenophobic attacks. [Al Jazeera]
On Tuesday, 17 anti-deportation protesters locked themselves to an aircraft due to remove asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Nigeria and Ghana. [Guardian]
Lawyers and activists allege Russian authorities in Crimea are detaining and abusing human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals. [Guardian]

On Thursday, United Nations officials reported a resurgence of violence in the Central African Republic and called for the protection of civilians. [UN News Centre]
On Tuesday, the Red Cross reported three million Kenyans need emergency food aid in response to a worsening drought; food crises also exist in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Yemen. [Al Jazeera]
On Sunday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported six aid workers had been killed in an ambush in South Sudan. [Al Jazeera]
The Kamuina Nsapu militia in the Congo allegedly kidnapped six individuals and may be responsible for the decapitation of 42 police officers in the region. [Washington Post]

On Friday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered ex-militia leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Germain Katanga, to pay one million dollars to victims of atrocities that took place in 2003. [BBC News]
On Tuesday, the European Court of Justice ruled that economic sanctions placed on Russia in 2014, in the context of its conflict with the Ukraine, were valid. [Jurist]
On Wednesday, in a first-ever ruling on the exploitation of irregular migration, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Greece to pay Bangladeshi agricultural workers €588,000 for forced labor violations. [Open Society Foundation]

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than five million people have fled Syria; three million are relocated in Turkey. [Guardian]
On Thursday, Reuters reported data indicating 118 people died in Malaysian immigration detention centers in 2015 and 2016. [Al Jazeera]

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court in Venezuela held that the Court can “assume congressional duties,” if lawmakers fail to respect court rulings. [Guardian]
On Wednesday, El Salvador became the first country to ban metal mining. [Guardian]
On Wednesday, Britain submitted a letter marking its official exit from the European Union; Britain is the first country to withdraw from the EU. [Washington Post]