Should health workers work with counter terrorism agencies?
NHS staff pulled into counter-terrorism programs, raising alarms over patient care and professional ethics
Protests continue in Pakistan against extrajudicial killings in Balochistan
The shutdown came in response to attempts by officials to label the Baloch long march as mere propaganda. The sit-in protests against the extrajudicial killings in Islamabad have completed 43 days
India’s discontent with SCO
In the international arena, the SCO and the BRICS are poised to be the two principal vehicles to advance the aspirations of the Global South. By clinging on to the US coattails, India is only weakening its own pretensions as the self-appointed leader of such countries
Prevent: Health workers resist UK’s ‘counter terrorism’ strategy that weaponizes public services
Public sector workers in the UK have a statutory duty under the ‘Prevent’ strategy to report ‘signs of radicalization’. The program is notorious for targeting Muslims and uses key services like healthcare to implement discriminatory ‘counter-terror’ tactics
Report: UK counterterrorism policy Islamaphobic, violates child rights and other stories
Today we look at the People’s Review of Prevent-UK’s “counter terrorism” strategy, the US DEA’s targeting of Bolivia’s coca growers’ movement, and more
