Bolsonaro denounced for crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court
The President of Brazil is considered to be “putting the lives of the population at risk” by ignoring the WHO recommendations regarding COVID-19.
Sudanese PM escapes assassination attempt
Following the assassination attempt, leaders of the Sudanese revolution called on their supporters to take to streets in a show of unity and cohesion, and to “protect the transitional authority”
Venezuela files complaint in International Criminal Court against US sanctions
Venezuela’s foreign minister Jorge Arreaza termed the US sanctions as an act amounting to crimes against humanity
Peace in Darfur seems unlikely until dissolution of militias complicit in genocide
The latest bout of violence in Darfur, which is believed to have cost 48 lives, has halted peace negotiations. A sustainable peace process seems unlikely till the militias involved in mass killings are dissolved and those in power who supported them are overthrown
International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine
While the decision has been welcomed by Palestinians as a step towards justice, Israel has condemned the ICC announcement, calling it ‘anti-Semitic’
How to commit war crimes – and get away with it
If justice is to be sought, it is not at the level of someone like Edward Gallagher alone; it should be his superiors on the political side who need to answer questions about not just this or that war crime, but about the entire war and the crime of it all
ICC opens investigation against Myanmar over crimes against Rohingyas
The International Criminal Court has granted approval for the prosecutor to proceed with an investigation against the government of Myanmar for the atrocities inflicted on Rohingyas
Israel arrests Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, just months after her release
Jarrar, a prominent lawmaker from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was last arrested in July 2017, and held in administrative detention without charge or trial, before being released this February
ICC to judge on prosecutor’s appeal against investigation of Gaza flotilla incident
The appeal was filed against Comoros, which was granted another application to reopen the case of attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla by Israel, in 2010
“Even today, we are hostages of states that do not recognize our Mapuche nationality”
Mapuche Nation condemned the states of Argentina and Chile before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the genocide of the Indigenous people of the community
Filipino activists call for an international day of outrage against massacre of farmers
Protests will be held globally against the killing of 14 farmers in the island of Negros and the larger impunity of the Duterte government
Undeterred by crackdown, Sudanese people take to the streets again
The latest round of the protests on March 28 saw protesters being attacked by security forces who charged at them with batons and electric wires, and fired tear gas at them. These protests came ahead of a major round of demonstrations on April 6
- Black Lives Matter, rights groups sue US president for violence against protesters
- Teachers in Greece gear up for another mobilization against controversial bill on education
- Uruguayan workers strike and mobilize against neoliberal legislation
- Turkish parliament expels three opposition MPs convicted for dissident acts
- Israel demolishes dozens of Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank
