Trump vetoes bills banning sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE
The US Congress had banned the sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE due to the human rights violations being committed in the ongoing war in Yemen
Britain greeted its new prime minister with roadblocks and ‘Fck Boris’ banners
Activists flooded Downing Street as a demonstration against the ascent of Boris Johnson, known for his right-wing rhetoric, racism, anti-environmentalism and hard-line stance on Brexit
The US House of Representatives passes the anti-BDS resolution with only 17 votes against
The resolution condemns the non-violent BDS movement while claiming to recognize an individual’s right to protest and boycott
Activist’s house raided in Mumbai after organizing event on lynching
Police raided the home of Preethy Shekhar supposedly over her participation in an unemployment protest in 2013
Resisting feudal forces, landless Dalits occupy land in India’s Bihar
The families, hailing from Piro block in the Angara village of Bhojpur district, resorted to land occupation as the government was delaying the land allotment allegedly in collusion with the local feudal and upper caste forces.
Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rosselló resigns after a week of massive protests
Rosselló’s resignation is a victory of the hard fought battle of the Puerto Rican people, but their struggle will not end with him
Police emergency call center workers win concessions after strike
The strike was called off by the unions after South Africa Police Service assures the union that the call center workers’ employment will be shifted from Public Service Act to Police Act, which would raise their pay and provide additional benefits.
Protests intensify over proposed telescope on Native Hawaiian sacred site
Native Hawaiians have been protesting the construction of the Thirty Meters Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea and have shut down all observatories on the mountain