 Hello and welcome to today's episode of the International Daily Roundup by Peoples Dispatch, where we bring you some of the top stories from around the world. Let's take a look at today's headlines. Colombia marks fifth anniversary of peace accords. Refugee boat capsizes in the English Channel. U.S. jury convicts three men for the murder of Ahmad Arbri and Indonesian court orders changes to the controversial Labour law. In our first story, we go to Colombia, which marks five years of the peace accord on November 24. The landmark agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or the FARC and the government was signed in Cuba in 2016. It was welcomed as a step towards ending 52 years of armed conflict in the country. The left-wing guerrilla of FARCEP was subsequently demobilized and recognized as a political party. A special jurisdiction for peace tribunal was also set up to investigate and prosecute crimes committed during the war. However, the Colombian peace process has been marked by deadly violence with a major increase under far-right President Ivan Duque. His government has failed to implement the accords, including the comprehensive rural reform which covered land reforms and public services, among other things. According to rights group Indipas, at least 95% of the 13,000 people who signed the accords are complying with the process. Despite this, 299 ex-combatants and peace signatories have been killed since November 2016. Moreover, 1,270 social leaders have been assassinated between November 2016 and 2021. Out of this, 872 or 68% of the killings took place after Duque came to power in 2018. Indigenous communities and their lands are being targeted for illegal mining and cocoa production by armed groups. The extent of violence is such that Colombia was named the world's most dangerous country for environmental defenders in 2020. Indipas has also documented the forced displacement of over 250,000 people in five years. Growing in security and government failure culminated in the months-long national strike this year. The National Strike Committee has called for another round of demonstrations on November 25th. In our next story, at least 27 refugees drowned and died in the English Channel between France and the UK on November 24th. There were among at least 50 refugees on board a small inflatable dingy which capsized in the water. The French Interior Minister stated that two survivors were fighting for their lives and one person appeared to be missing. The International Organization of Migration has called it the largest tragedy of this kind since 2014. A protest against the inhuman treatment of refugees was held in the French city of Calais with people demanding better protections. The UK has blamed France for failing to control so-called people smugglers who are pushing migrants onto its territories. Such statements are part of the broader anti-immigrant rhetoric of the conservative government of Boris Johnson. Wright's groups have accused the government of implementing policies which force people to take immense risk to seek asylum. These include the new plan for immigration and the Nationality and Border Bill. The United Nations has said that the bill makes an arbitrary and illegal distinction between legal and illegal methods of migration. Home Secretary Priti Patel has also introduced a rule which will give border agents immunity in cases where migrants died during the pushback of the boats. The UK already pursues the policy of forceful repatriation of people it determines illegal. In our next story, a jury in the United States has convicted three men for the murder of a 25-year-old black man. Ahmed Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a neighborhood in Georgia in February 2020. The three white men Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William Bryan pursued Arbery in two vehicles. Travis McMichael then shot Arbery three times with a pump-action shotgun. He was found guilty on all nine counts including false imprisonment, felony and murder on November 24th. His father Greg was convicted on eight counts and William Bryan on six with both convicted of felony and murder. Arbery's case gained wider nationwide attention after the police murder of George Floyd. Anger had grown over the fact that none of the three men were charged until over two months after Arbery's murder. The men pled not guilty to the charges and tried to claim that the shooting was an act of self-defense and that they were trying to make a citizen's arrest. The law permitting this arrest was later scrapped over the controversy surrounding Arbery's murder. The case itself was transferred to three separate district attorneys, one of whom was recently charged with obstruction of justice. Another wrote a letter to the police saying that the shooting was justified and recommended not pursuing charges. The McMichael's and Bryan will be sentenced at a later date and are expected to receive life imprisonment. The three will also go on trial for a federal hate crime charges in 2022 February. And finally, we go to Indonesia where the government has been ordered to amend a controversial labour law. The constitutional court has ruled that President Joko Widodo's job creation law is conditionally unconstitutional. The omnibus legislation was passed in parliament in October 2020 despite mass protests by workers. Touted as an attempt to boost investments, it revised 79 existing laws on labour, planning and the environment. It expanded, outsourcing and made it possible for companies to keep contracted workers in place for life. It abolished the sectoral minimum wage and a three-year limit on contracts while also cutting severance benefits. Moreover, it also paved the way for increased deforestation and land grabbing. This included removing a requirement for all regions to maintain a minimum of 30% of their watershed and or island area as forest areas. Tens of thousands of workers, students and activists held protests and strikes throughout 2020. Two of Indonesia's largest trade union, KSPI and KSPSI filed a judicial review lawsuit in November 2020. The constitutional court finally ruled on November 25 that if the government did not amend the law within two years, it would be declared permanently unconstitutional. And that's all for today. For more such stories, visit our website at www.peoplesdispatch.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thank you.