Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor files lawsuit to disband pro-Kurdish HDP and other stories

Today we take a look at the indictment filed by Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor seeking to disband Peoples Democratic Party (HDP), mobilizations by student workers across the US, the launch of electoral campaigns in Ecuador, protests by Moroccan farmers, and student protests in South Africa

March 19, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the indictment filed by Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor seeking to disband the pro-Kurdish, left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (HDP), mobilizations by student workers to demand fairer working conditions and compensation across the US, the launch of electoral campaigns ahead of Ecuador’s presidential runoff elections, protests by Moroccan farmers against their eviction from a disputed border area by the Algerian government, and student protests against financial exclusion and police brutality in South Africa.