Bolivian government rejects far-right destabilization attempts and other stories
Today we look at right-wing protests in Bolivia and the repeal of Law 1386, a leaked report on police violence during Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests, and more
Food crisis worsens in Afghanistan amid major drought and rising poverty and other stories
Today we look at the hunger crisis in Afghanistan amid a severe drought; a strike against insecurity and critical fuel shortages in Haiti, and more
Senate probe seeks to charge Jair Bolsonaro as COVID deaths cross 600k and other stories
Today we look at an upcoming senate report on the Brazilian government’s COVID-19 response, the trial of Egyptian officers in the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, and more
Amid growing healthcare crisis Sri Lanka declares food emergency
The food emergency decree gives the Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government sweeping powers to seize stocks of essential items such as rice, paddy, and sugar. The government has extended the nationwide lockdown till September 13
HRW calls for sanctions against Egypt over spate of extrajudicial killings
The human rights group also called for the UN to create an investigating and monitoring mechanism for the rapidly degrading human rights situation in Egypt due to the government’s widespread rights violations
Protests across the Philippines condemn rights abuses under Duterte and other stories
Today we look at protests against repression and rights abuses in the Philippines, the ‘Kisan Sansad’ sit-in set up by Indian farmers amid the ongoing struggle, and more
Haiti’s de facto president Jovenel Moïse killed in overnight attack and other stories
Today we look at the killing of Haiti’s de facto president Jovenel Moïse, soldiers accused of killing civilians as part of Colombia’s false positives case and more
Duterte’s plan to arm vigilantes; activists and lawmakers cry foul
The Philippines president suggested that he is open to arm pro-government vigilantes as “power multipliers,” which was received with widespread condemnation from activists, opposition and even allies
Filipino forces kill Indigenous people as state violence continues and other stories
Today we look at the massacres of Indigenous people by armed forces in the Philippines, violence against civilians by Myanmar’s junta forces, and more
Investigation confirms Ugandan forces shot unarmed people in November and other stories
Today we look at an investigation into police killings during the November protests in Uganda, the lockout of ExxonMobil workers in the US, and more
Fact-finding report calls Ahmed Erekat’s killing by Israeli soldiers “extrajudicial execution”
27-year-old Ahmed Erekat was killed on June 23 last year at a checkpoint in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank by Israeli soldiers. His body has still not been handed over to his family
Father booked under anti-terror law in Kashmir for demanding teenage son’s dead body
Following the killing of his son along with two other young men in Srinagar, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, has been protesting for over a month demanding that his son’s dead body be handed over. On February 8, the police charged him and a few others under the draconian anti-terror law
- Moroccans protest normalization of ties with Israel
- Rights organizations call for renewed probe into possible war crimes in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia extensively lobbied to derail war crimes probe in Yemen, says report
- Pakistani parliament member and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir gets bail but to remain behind bars
- Latin America and the Caribbean is the region where hunger has grown the most in the world, says the UN
