Bahraini prisoners suspend hunger strike after assurances from authorities
Prisoners had launched a mass hunger strike 36 days ago to protest against restrictive measures and rights violations such as solitary confinement, restrictions on visiting rights, and poor health facilities. Reports say over 800 prisoners were part of the protests
Daily Round-up | Protests erupt in Haiti over fuel price rise & other stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stories of protests in Haiti, Cuba’s enshrining the family code into law, a hunger strike by prisoners in Alabama, and the latest anti-immigrant proposals in the UK
Safety of jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah feared amid communication blackout
Fattah’s family has had no contact with him for over 10 days, even as he continues a nearly 120-day long hunger strike against his unjust and inhumane incarceration. An icon of the 2011 revolution, the activist is serving a five year sentence for “broadcasting false news undermining national security”
Overcrowding, shortage of doctors and lack of water: living through pandemic in São Paulo’s prisons
A report released on April 1 by the Public Defender of São Paulo describes the horrible conditions in prison amid the pandemic
Tanzania plans to allot Indigenous ancestral land to UAE hunting firm and other stories
Today we look at the threat of expulsion facing over 70,000 Maasai people in Tanzania, the killing of 3 Syrian soldiers in an Israeli airstrike, and more
Argentina and China sign key agreements on cooperation and trade and other stories
Today we look at the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentina and China, the arrest of journalist Fahad Shah in Kashmir, 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
Activists slam state “necropolitics” as Ecuador prison riot kills 68 and other stories
Today we look at the wave of prison massacres in Ecuador, a report on the cover-up of a major 2019 U.S. airstrike on Syria, and more
Mass protests in Sudan after military dissolves transitional government and other stories
Today we look at protests in Sudan following a military-led coup, the transfer of jailed Indian activist Gautam Navlakha to a high security barrack, and more
Death toll in infamous New York prison reaches 11 this year as crisis spirals
The death of Isa Abdul Karim, at the Rikers Island prison complex in New York City, is the latest in the recent spate of deaths in a jail infamous for neglect and abuse of inmates
Thousands protest wage cuts and neoliberal reforms in Uruguay and other stories
Today we look at the general strike against wage cuts in Uruguay, the ITJP report on the custodial torture of Tamil people in Sri Lanka, and more
- US elected officials and labor leaders join international call to take Cuba off US’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list
- Venezuela passes a law targeting those who support sanctions on Venezuela
- Pakistan launches fresh attempts to suppress main opposition party
- People across US mobilize in solidarity with South Koreans calling for resignation of President Yoon
- Pakistan’s community health workers form first national union
