B’tselem report highlights ordeal of Palestinian minor prisoners in Israeli administrative detention
The report details how Palestinian minors have been kept in administrative detention for indefinite and prolonged periods, even in the absence of charges. It also sheds light on the fraud and rushed prosecutions and hearings, and the harsh judgments despite the lack of evidence against minors
Week-long ‘reduction in violence’ agreed upon in Afghanistan
A week-long truce has been agreed on by the Taliban, the US and Afghan forces, in a move that is being welcomed as a step towards achieving peace in the country. Based on its success, the parties may sign a peace deal on February 29
Probe ordered into murder of two unionized workers of South Africa’s Amathole municipality
The two workers who were killed in separate attacks last month had exposed corruption in the financially strapped municipality of Amathole in Eastern Cape province. The provincial government has been forced to order a forensic investigation after widespread outrage by unions
Evo denounces disqualification as “second coup”
Morales and his legal team denounced the move by the de-facto government as illegal repression of his political rights
Irish PM Leo Varadkar resigns amid parliamentary deadlock
Left-wing party Sinn Fein’s prime ministerial candidate Mary Lou McDonald got the most support from the legislators in the first sitting of the new Irish legislature. The next vote is scheduled on March 5
Use of VPNs for social media criminalized in Kashmir
The police have registered an open case against individuals who have defied government orders prohibiting the use of social media via Virtual Private Networks
Following in Israel’s footsteps, Egypt too builds a wall on its border with Gaza
The under construction border wall will complete the encirclement of the Gaza strip. Israeli already has built a concrete wall on its 37-mile-long border with Gaza
In 2020, already 50 social leaders assassinated in Colombia
The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated