Chilean teachers vote to continue the strike
The president of the teachers union said that a national assembly will be held to define the action plan for the next stage of their movement.
“Raids on Indian rights group smack of political vendetta”
The organization, Lawyers Collective, has been critical of the right-wing government of Bharatiya Janata Party and has been in the forefront of human rights advocacy in India
Activist groups in Glasgow are up in arms against the eviction of asylum seekers
Private housing provider Serco has sent eviction notices to 300 asylum seekers after the contract for providing shelter for them was given to another company. Activists say the privatization of these services has led to the exploitation of asylum seekers by housing providers
Captain and chief officer of the seized Iranian tanker arrested in Gibraltar
The seizure and the arrests came despite the fact that EU sanctions, which were a pretext for the seizure, do not have extraterritoriality
Activist groups demand an end to deportation of refugee children from Iceland
The groups are protesting the two impending deportation cases involving two Afghan families, a single father with two sons and a single mother with her son and daughter
The death of a migrant and the web of policies that caused it
The tragic death of Guatemalan migrant Rudy Alonso in Mexico during his journey to the US is emblematic of the human toll of the policies of governments in the region
United Nations’ second report on Kashmir raises tough questions
The report questions the inaction on the part of Indian and Pakistani governments in addressing and implementing the recommendations of its previous June 2018 report, adding that the accountability for violations committed by members of the Indian forces remains virtually non-existent
Workers protest the closure of immigrant reception center in Sicily
The closure was ordered by the far-right Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who has maintained a harsh stance against the reception of migrants from the war-torn North African countries.