Ola Bini denied bail through video conference
The Ecuadorian legal system continues to violate Bini’s most fundamental human rights in what is a clear case of political persecution
As Modi’s second term begins, violence against minorities, left activists continue
With the announcement of election results, various reports of BJP members inciting violence against minority groups and members of left parties have come to light.
Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, protesting illegal detention by Israel
Their health condition is worsening after more than 50 days of no food.
Moroccans demand release of political prisoners from Rif movement
38 people are still being held in prison for participating in the protests in the Rif region against economic neglect, unemployment and state oppression
50,000 teachers take part in New Zealand’s largest education strike
Unions say that low pay and lack of equity are significant contributors to the escalating teacher shortage and increasing class sizes.
Kurdish hunger strike ends in victory
After successfully breaking the isolation of political prisoner Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish activists have ended their hunger strike
Argentine feminist groups begin fresh struggle for legal abortion
The National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion will present – for the eighth time – a fresh draft of the bill for the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (IVE) before the House of Representatives
Soldiers who massacred Rohingyas freed from prison
The gross human rights violations committed by the Myanmar military on the pretext of national security and counter-insurgency operations has forced over 730,000 Rohingyas to flee the country.