Repression
Communist Mayor Daniel Jadue arrested and given 120 days of preventative detention

Progressive Chilean groups have alleged that the ruling was disproportionate and represents politically motivated lawfare

Columbia University threatens to deploy National Guard to evict Gaza solidarity encampment

The Gaza solidarity encampment was launched at Columbia University in New York City a week ago to demand the university divest from Israel

Thousands take to the streets in Argentina in the first mobilization against Milei’s government

Despite threats from Javier Milei’s government, the mobilization was carried out to reject the harsh austerity plans

Bassem Trifi: The struggle for human rights is essential for liberation

The President of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights highlights the centrality of the fight for human rights to liberation in the Arab and Maghreb region

Women wrestlers’ protest in India: The latest crackdown on democracy

On May 28, India’s new parliament building was inaugurated. On the same day, the country’s wrestlers, who have been on a sit-in protest seeking the arrest of their federation head on charges of sexual harassment, were brutally repressed and evicted from their protest site

Police shoot and abduct Communist Party of Swaziland member Mvuselelo Mkhabela

Mvuselelo was reportedly shot and dragged into a police van. His current whereabouts are unknown. Mvuselelo was tortured earlier this month for protesting elections

¡Basta ya de la violencia contra el pueblo peruano!

Más de 100 periodistas y medios de todo el mundo firman una carta para exigir el fin de la represión contra el pueblo peruano y de las agresiones a periodistas

Stop the violence against the Peruvian people!

Over 100 journalists and media projects from across the world signed a letter to demand an end to the repression of the Peruvian people and to the attacks against journalists

Myanmar military demolitions Hundreds are complaining of forcible eviction by junta forces in Myanmar

The forcible demolition drive has intensified in recent months, leaving thousands destitute across Myanmar

International Union of Left Publishers (IULP) condemns Indonesia’s criminalization of Marxism

A group of left publishers from across the world published this statement to condemn the new Indonesian criminal code which specifically outlaws Marxism

28,434 houses torched in Myanmar since military coup

Sagaing Region was the worst affected with as many as 20,153 houses burnt down, followed by Magway Region with 5,418 houses destroyed and 1,474 homes burned down in Chin State

Defying repression, Ecuadorians continue to protest against neoliberalism

At least two indigenous protesters have been killed in the ongoing anti-government protests in Ecuador. Protestors have faced widespread repression and violence by the security forces