Ecuadorian teachers on hunger strike in defense of Intercultural Education Law
The teachers are demanding the full implementation of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI), including equalization of teachers’ salaries at national level
Russia-Ukraine talks face crisis, Thai dissident indicted and other stories
Today we look at the latest on the talks amid the war in Ukraine, the indictment of a dissident in Thailand, and more
Report: poor and marginalized especially hit by US COVID-19 death toll and other stories
Today we look at a report on COVID-19’s impact on existing disparities in the US, a hunger strike by imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and more
Hunger strike continues in New York’s infamous Rikers Island
Inmates have complained of indifference by officials regarding the risk of COVID-19 spread, inadequate heating during winter, lack of proper hygiene and rising violence inside the prison
Palestinians protest forestation plan amid violent Israeli repression and other stories
Today we look at protests by Bedouin Palestinians against Israeli encroachment in the Negev, a hunger strike at the Rikers Island jail complex in protest of inhuman conditions, and more
Palestinian photojournalist Faiz Abu Rmeleh assaulted by Israeli protesters
Right-wing Israelis held a protest following the announcement by Israeli authorities that Palestinian administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash would be released
Hisham Abu Hawwash to continue hunger strike until definitive release
Abu Hawwash has been on a hunger strike for 135 days protesting his illegal administrative detention and has vowed to continue until he is granted complete freedom
South African court halts Shell’s oil exploration, seismic blasting and other stories
Today we look at an interdict order against Shell’s seismic surveys in South Africa, the months-long hunger strike by Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash, and more
New York’s yellow cab drivers win struggle for debt relief
After two months of non-stop protests and two weeks of hunger strikes, drivers under the banner of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance reached an agreement with city authorities and the largest medallion loan holder
Activists warn against greenwashing “nature-based solutions” at COP26 and other stories
Today we look at the pledges signed on the first day of COP26, casualties following twin blasts in Kabul, 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
US begins mass deportations of thousands of Haitian migrants in Texas and other stories
Today we look at the deportation of thousands of Haitian migrants in the US, protests in Gaza as Israeli forces recapture all Gilboa escapees, and more
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
