Makeshift camp articles
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Bill: Litigation adjustments should help Camp Lejeune veterans
(The Center Square) – To ensure veterans exposed to contaminated water can access the remedies they are owed, two members of Congress from North Carolina have introduced legislation to remove barriers to assistance. U.S. Reps. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., and Dr. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., have introduced the Camp Lejeune Justice Corrections Act. It is needed, they say, so veterans and civilians can file tort claims against the federal government for damages related to harm caused by exposure...
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City of Española taking down homeless camp it set up in February
ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Española says it is working to close an encampment for unhoused individuals that was set up on city property. The city itself set up the camp in February to help the unhoused deal with winter temperatures. “The people were being displaced in winter. We knew we needed to help because []
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Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp
Sources describe Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hoursPrisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site.The sources described harrowing treatment of detainees at the Israeli Sde Teiman...