The new “Resident Evil" film is a hit with critics. But did you know the concept of the zombie can be traced back to enslaved people in Haiti? And that they’re a victim, rather than a flesh-eating monster? With @yelmjouie

🇭🇹: President Trump says almost all refugees allowed into the U.S. will be white South Africans fleeing a so-called “white genocide.” Meanwhile, after ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in the U.S, he’s now deporting hundreds of people to Haiti - where violence and U.S.-backed intervention has killed thousands and forced nearly 1.5 million people from their homes. Trump has deported 460 Haitians since July. Deportees would have access to almost no help and would be exposed to ongoing violence, displacement and food insecurity.

There is outcry in Spain after the govt allowed a U.S. extradition request for pro-Palestinian activist Fergie Chambers to proceed to court. This politician called him the “first political prisoner in Spain for the Palestinian cause.”

Romani actor Alina Șerban made her directorial debut at the Venice Film Festival with her film “I MATTER,” based on the discrimination Roma face in Romania – informed by her own life experiences. The film won the Armani Beauty Audience Award in the festival's closing ceremony.