“Raids on Indian rights group smack of political vendetta”
The organization, Lawyers Collective, has been critical of the right-wing government of Bharatiya Janata Party and has been in the forefront of human rights advocacy in India
Letter to the President of Ecuador
Political prisoner Ola Bini, who was arrested on April 11 in Quito, Ecuador and put into preventative detention, writes a letter to Ecuadorean president Lenín Moreno from prison
Indian political prisoner GN Saibaba denied bail again despite deteriorating health condition
Saibaba, a tireless fighter for the rights of Indigenous communities, has been in jail since March 2017 on charges of association with the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Thousands protest in Russia in defense of workers’ rights
The rallies have been organized in the wake of simmering discontent in the country against Vladimir Putin’s anti-dissent legislations and controversial pension reforms.
Cambodian court issues arrest warrant against opposition leaders in exile
The warrants were issued against leaders of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, including its acting president Sam Rainsy. The leaders were planning to return to Cambodia and resume political work.
Emergency declared in Sudan following anti-government demonstration
The declaration of emergency, by president al-Bashir, came shortly after a parliamentary committee tasked with scrapping presidential term limits cancelled its meetings.
Turkish government seeks life sentences for 2013 Gezi Park protesters
Chief public prosecutor charged 16 accused, many of whom are in pre-trial detention, for participation in the protests and the alleged coup attempt of 2016
- Iran hits back, seizes a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
- Power grid workers protest planned layoffs in Spain
- Teachers in Swaziland demand immediate solution to education crisis
- Brazil approved more new pesticides in 200 days than European Union did in 8 years
- Missile and sophisticated weapons found in raid on Italian neo-Nazi party
