Italian organizations condemn imprisonment of No TAV activist Fabiola De Costanzo
On December 30, an Italian court convicted three No TAV activists, including Fabiola De Costanzo, for their role in an agitation in 2012. The No TAV movement is opposed to the construction of the Turin-Lyon high speed Railway project
Kenyan clinical officers end strike after government agrees to most of their demands
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the government signed a 17-point return to work agreement which addresses major issues such as comprehensive health insurance and hospitalization for health workers who have contracted the infection
Erika Farías on strengthening the Bolivarian Revolution amid the blockade
Erika Farías, mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges of sustaining the Bolivarian process amid the blockade and the efforts by the Venezuelan government to further build the revolution
Progressives denounce Turkey’s persecution of Turkish Cypriot publisher Sener Levent
The Progressive Party of Working People and Members of the European Parliament from Cyprus expressed solidarity with Turkish Cypriot publisher Şener Levent who is being persecuted for defaming Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Iran expresses concerns over US military activities in the Persian Gulf
After increasing its military presence in the region in the last few weeks the US flew two of its B-52 bombers above the Persian Gulf on Tuesday
Workers across India strike in solidarity with farmers, against labor reforms
The left-wing trade union confederation, CITU, organized a strike in over 100,000 workplaces across India in support of the farmers’ agitation and also called for repeal of labor reform laws, among other demands
Families of youth killed in Kashmir claim they were civilians
The three youth, 24-year-old Ajaz Maqbool Ganai, teenager Athar Wani and 22-year-old Zubair Lone, were killed in a military operation that began on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday morning. They army claimed they were terrorists
UN human rights expert calls for withdrawal of US sanctions on Syria
Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur about the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on human rights, said the US sanctions violated the human rights of the Syrian people