Captain of migrant rescue boat faces 10 years in jail
Carola Rackete is the captain of the Sea Watch 3 which rescued 53 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea around 30 NM off the Libyan coast. The boat was denied permission to dock in Lampedusa for 14 days following which it approached the port without permission
Israel attacks Syria yet again without any provocation
As many as 16 civilians, including a child, were killed and 21 were injured in the attacks on the town of Homs in the north-west Syria and Sahnaya, on the outskirts of Damascus
Finnish activist groups intensify campaign for better wages for daycare workers
The citizens’ group, Ei enää leikkirahaa (No more play money), is organizing a campaign, demanding an increase in salaries. A proposal to modify the teacher to children ratio is also being pushed through a constitutional provision for direct democracy
Labor department intervention ends strike at Nepal’s Hotel Hyatt Regency
The workers staged a one-week strike, claiming the management had ill-treated them and not implemented the terms and conditions of the contract
OAS divided over presence of Venezuelan opposition at assembly
The representatives of several countries cited that the presence of the delegation violates the organization’s norms.
From ‘Lula Livre’ to ‘F*ck the Police’, pride is political!
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots LGBTQ prides across the Americas have taken on a very overtly political and radical stand, after years of being little more than apolitical spectacles
Workers at Wallonian job training centers protest minister’s threat to cut funds
The Wallonian employment minister had threatened to stop subsidizing the training centers in the region unless they cooperated with Forem, the government vocational training agency, Forem’s skill development programs cannot be accessed by the unemployed
UK continued arms sales to Israel during Gaza massacres last year: report
The UK sold arms worth USD 18 million from March 30, 2018 till the end of the year, according to a report by Campaign Against Arms Trade