Filipino social movements demand protection for human rights lawyers and their clients
A week after authorities named peace activists and political prisoners as “terrorists,” raising alarm over continued crackdown, rights groups have called for court intervention to protect human rights lawyers
Foreign fighters and mercenaries in Libya will face prosecution for war crimes, warns ICC
The ICC has reiterated calls by the United Nations last week urging Libyan armed factions and foreign fighters to free people that are being illegally detained in the country’s official and unofficial detention centers
Palestinians participate in nationwide strike in opposition to ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza
The 9 days of Israeli attacks have cost 212 lives within Gaza, including 61 children. Another 1,500 Palestinians are reported to have been injured in the strikes
Dispatches from India : Rocky road ahead for the Indian economy
In this episode, we take a look at the controversial Central Vista project that seeks to change the very face of Delhi, the bumpy road ahead for the Indian economy and the vexing question of patents for vaccines
East Jerusalem and Palestinians’ struggle for dignity and liberation
Asalla Abu Khader of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees talks about the resistance to Israeli attacks and the decades-long policy by the Zionist state to bring about demographic changes in the occupied territories
Defying ban on ‘unauthorized protests,’ Algerians take to the streets in large numbers
The Hirak protests continued on Friday despite a recent ban on unauthorized protests. Those on the streets were met with massive police deployment and large-scale detentions
Sudan may see renewed protests after the killing of two youth by soldiers
Two were killed and 37 others were wounded on May 11 when soldiers opened fire at a demonstration outside the army HQ, demanding justice for the protesters slain in the massacre on June 3, 2019
We choose human rights instead: Roger Waters on Israel’s crimes and Palestine’s resistance
Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad talk about the Israel’s apartheid policy, the primal disdain on display in the occupied territories and Palestinians’ defiant resistance