Public anger persists over Starmer’s government complicity in Gaza genocide
Around 200,000 people marched in London for Palestine, while thousands more protested the ban on direct action group Palestine Action.
British midwife referred to counterterror program over Palestine advocacy
Midwife Fatimah Mohamied is suing an NHS Trust after being referred to counterterror program Prevent for Palestine solidarity social media posts.
Conservative-majority Congress slashes public media funding by over one billion dollars
Slashing of public broadcasting funding could result in thousands of rural communities losing their only source of local news, culture, and emergency communication
Pro-Palestine journalist Asa Winstanley’s home raided by British counterterror police
British authorities targeted journalist Asa Winstanley in a counterterrorism raid, marking the latest crackdown on journalists opposing Israel’s occupation of Palestine and its ongoing genocide in Gaza
US Senate condemns the student movement for Palestine
Republican Senator Josh Hawley successfully pushed a resolution through the Senate, denouncing pro-Palestine student organizing
Jordanian cybercrime law ratified by king, threatens freedom of speech
The bill introduces a new set of prohibitions and restrictions on speech and posts made on social media and elsewhere on the internet that the government deems to be a danger to national unity
UN experts ask Bangladeshi authorities to end persecution of rights organization Odhikar
Odhikar has been facing judicial persecution with charges filed against its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly publishing “fake, distorted and defamatory” information
Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh sentenced to community service by Israeli court
Ghosheh has already spent 10 months in house arrest with a ban on her social media use. She is accused of causing incitement to violence and “identification with a terrorist group” for her social media posts and writings
Activists and families of 51 people detained in the UAE call for their release
The 51 are part of a larger group of people who were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government in what is known as the UAE94 case. In 2011, they had signed a petition calling on the government to introduce democratic and political reforms in the country
Black liberation organizers indicted for opposing war
Members of the African People’s Socialist Party, targeted in coordinated raids in July of 2022, face charges amounting to up to 15 years in prison
Court strikes down colonial-era sedition law in Pakistan
The petition to annul the law claimed that it had been “recklessly” used in the country to silence freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 19 of the constitution. The law has been used against a number of opposition leaders and members of social movements
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi expelled from parliament after defamation conviction
The move came a day after Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. His conviction, as well as his expulsion, has been criticized by the opposition, civil society and legal experts
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
