Médecins Sans Frontières
How health activists got Australia to back patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines
Months-long campaigning and advocacy efforts have played a large part in mobilizing public opinion in favor of a TRIPS waiver for the vaccines. Australia was among the few member-nations in the WTO to oppose the waiver
Rescue ship with 300 refugees finally docks at Spain
The rescue ship operated by Open Arms was denied permission to dock at ports in Italy and Malta. The refugees were rescued from near the Libyan coast
Revoking the registration of Mediterranean migrant rescue ship put thousands of lives in peril
The ship was leased by SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières and was instrumental in saving the lives of around 10,000 refugees stranded at sea
- US detention of Afghan man at Guantanamo is illegal, says court
- Slovenian left slams rising police repression under right-wing government
- Palestinians protest in support of prisoners on hunger strike, demand their immediate release
- Over 10,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen: a ‘shameful milestone’, says UNICEF
- Left party makes gains in North Macedonian local polls
