Protests held in Prague against proposed removal of Soviet-era general’s statue
The mayor of the municipal division of Prague-6 is reportedly planning to relocate the memorial of Soviet General Ivan Stepanovich Konev. It is seen as a bid to appease the right-wing, neo-Nazi sections of the country
MST training center is under threat of eviction
On Monday, a Brazilian federal judge issued an eviction order to the Paulo Freire Training Center of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement in Pernambuco
Presiding judge in Ola Bini case recused after allegations of prejudice
Ola Bini’s defense team argued that the judge acted in a prejudiced manner let and allowed the prosecution to violate the course of the trial
What has happened in the case of Julian Gil?
Julián Gil, one of the hundreds of Colombian social leaders subjected to criminalization and legal persecution, has spent over 15 months in prison
Police atrocities against migrants continue in Greece, this time in Lesvos
Volunteer groups report that refugees living in the Moria camp in Lesvos still do not have access to basic resources and face further postponement of their asylum process due to the lack of vulnerability assessments
When the cries of the hungry are met with beatings and tear gas
Police violently repressed social movements mobilizing to demand that the government take measures to address the crisis of hunger and poverty in the country
Peruvian mining industry workers begin an indefinite general strike
The mine workers are demanding a dignified collective negotiation agreement and abolition of an anti-labor reform, approved by the president in July
Coup d’état in Chile against President Salvador Allende
The US-backed coup d’état against Salvador Allende was carried out on September 11, 1973