 | In recent weeks, our Americas reporters have been delving into stories of justice — and justice denied. | In the occupied West Bank, families are calling on the administration of President Donald Trump to investigate the killings of United States citizens at the hands of Israeli settlers. | In Peru, survivors of a military-led massacre are pushing for their government to rethink an amnesty law that might absolve their abusers. | And in Japan, a country marks the anniversary of a bombing that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians — and ushered in the nuclear age. | Read on for in-depth looks at each of these stories and more. | | | | |
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| | The US is the first and only country to have dropped an atomic bomb on an adversary. But as the country marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Hiroshima, Japan, one recent poll shows American sentiment about the use of nuclear weapons shifting. |
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"What’s at stake is the role of World War II in legitimising the subsequent history of the American empire, right up to the current day." | | | | | | |
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| | Francisco Ochoa was only 14 years old when his Andean village was slaughtered in one of the worst massacres of Peru's internal conflict. Now, as the massacre marks its 40th anniversary, Ochoa fears a new amnesty law will shield the military officials who perpetrated the violence. |
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"The extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and tortures were not the result of individual initiatives but rather the execution of a strategy." | | | | | | |
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| | For the last six months, the family of Mohammed Ibrahim has not seen the 16-year-old teenager. They have not even heard his voice. Since February, the Palestinian American has been held in an Israeli jail without access to a phone or visits. His relatives fear for his safety. |
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"When you can’t visit him and you can’t get a phone call from him, what do you know? We don’t know if he’s dead." | | | | | | |
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| | In late July, one of Donald Trump's former personal lawyers, Emil Bove, was confirmed to a lifetime position as a powerful circuit court judge. But whistleblowers raised serious concerns about Bove's commitment to the rule of law — and whether he could be impartial. |
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"This nomination threatens to portend a broader turn toward the appointment of result-oriented loyalists to the judiciary." | | | | | | |
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| | Khamis Ayyad became the second US citizen killed in the West Bank in July as the result of Israeli settler attack. Now, his family has joined the stream of voices calling on the US government to open its own investigation into the incident, rather than rely on Israel's probes. |
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"An American citizen was killed. Where’s the accountability?" | | | | | | |
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| | It was a tariff hike few saw coming: President Donald Trump doubled the import tax he placed on a prominent US ally, India. Trump blamed India's reliance on Russian oil. But experts say the reality is more complicated — and may leave a longtime partnership frayed. |
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"This is a very difficult moment — arguably the worst in many, many years in their relationship — and puts India in a very small group of countries that find themselves without a deal." | | |
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