Palestinians hold solidarity marathon for Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan and other stories

Today we look at mobilisations by Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, the inquiry into Joyce Echaquan’s death and the Canadian government’s MMIWG action plan, and more

June 04, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the protest by Palestinians against an Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank and a marathon in solidarity with Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, the inquiry into the death of 37-year old Indigenous woman Joyce Echaquan and the release of the federal government’s National Action Plan in response to the report by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, protests in Sudan on the 2nd anniversary of the June 3rd Khartoum Massacre in 2019 and continued demands for justice, and the ongoing senate inquiry into Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Covid-19 pandemic response.