Guatemalan peasant organizations strike ahead of the second round of elections
The strike was carried out to denounce the electoral fraud committed in the first round of general elections and to reject the immigration agreement signed by the national government with the US
Tens of thousands join the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland
The Belfast Pride Parade marked the culmination of the Belfast Pride Festival and sought to highlight the rights that are still denied to the LGBTQ community in the region
Humanitarian caravan denounces humanitarian crisis, shines light on alternatives in Colombia
Representatives of over 70 Colombian organizations and 38 internationalist brigadiers are taking part in the ‘Humanitarian Caravan for Life’ that began on August 5
Sudanese Communist Party rejects agreement with military junta
The agreement between a section of the DFCF and the military junta does not assure the dissolution of militias and grants immunity to government members
Two mass killings in the US by white supremacists within 24 hours
In the wake of the massacres, many have blamed President Trump for normalizing racist rhetoric and threats of violence against minorities
Voting on decriminalization of abortion in Ecuador suspended
The last time the country debated on the legalization of abortion in cases of rape was in 2013 and the assembly voted against it.
Three workers killed in coal mine accident in Odisha
One worker remains missing while nine were rescued from the debris in Bharatpur open cast mine in Talcher Coalfields. Workers said the accident could have been avoided if safety precautions had been followed
20 Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike demanding freedom for administrative detainees
The striking detainees join eight others in the same prison who have been on a hunger strike for over a month against their illegal imprisonment.