Fatiha Briki is the latest Algerian human rights activist under detention
According to Fatiha Briki’s family and the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees, of which she was a member, the activist was taken into custody on June 17. No reason has been provided by the authorities
Protests continue across Colombia amid increasing police brutality and other stories
Today we look at the ongoing uprising in Colombia amid rising police brutality, the situation in Gaza and the Occupied Territories, and more
Activists mobilise against violence and monarchical rule in Swaziland and other stories
Today we look at the student-led mass protests in Swaziland, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian families in Jerusalem, and more
Right-wing violence against Mapuche people in Chile widely condemned
Social movements are demanding that urgent actions be taken against the Carabineros and that the interior ministers be removed from his position for their complicity in the violence against the Mapuche Indigenous community
UN expert report points to human rights violation in anti-terrorism programs
A report submitted at the UNHRC has observed that practices employed by different governments during anti-terrorism programs have led to gross violations of human rights and are counter-productive in the long term
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
