A new Honduran migrant caravan leaves for the US
Honduras

A new Honduran migrant caravan leaves for the US

Thousands of Hondurans, every year, set off for the US on a perilous journey in order to escape violence, poverty and lack of opportunities and in search of better livelihoods

Peoples Dispatch
January 18, 2020
Bolsonaro’s Culture secretary fired after quoting Nazi Goebbels
Brazil

Bolsonaro’s Culture secretary fired after quoting Nazi Goebbels

The Brazilian cabinet official claimed he wasn’t familiar with Nazi Germany’s propaganda boss’ speech and blamed advisers

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
Israel's NSO group has confirmed that the Pegasus spyware has been sold to government agencies,
Israel

Israeli court bans media from Pegasus spyware case trials

Israeli company NSO exports the Pegasus spyware, which has been used by governments across the world against opposition activists and journalists, including in India

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
wetsuweten
Canada

Canadian federal police restrict access to Wet’suwet’en Indigenous land

The move is the latest repressive measure in order to push forward the construction of the Coastal GasLink oil pipeline and silence Indigenous opposition

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
Trump impeachment
United States

House submits articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate

The Republican-controlled Senate will now have to decide the form of the trial which will set the stage for the impeachment process against US president Donald Trump who stands accused of abuse of power

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
Austria anti-fascists
Austria

Anti-fascists protest far-right manifestations in Austrian universities

Hundreds of protesters blocked a lecture by the far-right historian, Lothar Höbelt, at Vienna University on January 14

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
US sanctions North Korea
North Korea United States

New US sanctions on North Korea threaten to jeopardize Korean peace process

The US has sanctioned two companies based in China for employing North Korean citizens overseas. The US claims that it is implementing UN-backed sanctions

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020
Protest forces Israel to relocate adult overseers with Palestinian minor prisoners
Israel Palestine

Protest forces Israel to relocate adult overseers with Palestinian minor prisoners

33 minor prisoners who had been transferred from the Ofer military camp and prison to solitary confinement in the Damon prison will be reunited with their adult caretakers

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2020