Still no justice, a year since Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing
Israel Palestine

Still no justice, a year since Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 10, 2023
9-05 Victory Day - Europe
Europe

Communists across Europe mark 78th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany

Soviet red flags were raised in Victory Day celebrations across Europe, despite a ban on the display of Soviet and Russian flags in several countries including Germany

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 10, 2023
Pakistan rocked by protests as Imran Khan is sent to custody for eight days
Pakistan

Pakistan rocked by protests as Imran Khan is sent to custody for eight days

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent into custody of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday. He was also indicted separately in a case related to do with illegal sale of gits. Protests have broken out across the country with over a 1,000 people arrested.

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 10, 2023
Israeli bombing of Gaza
Israel Palestine

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 13, including 4 children

Tuesday’s airstrikes come just days after an earlier round of Israeli bombing in Gaza in the aftermath of the death of Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who had been on hunger strike for close to 90 days

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 9, 2023
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested 
Pakistan

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested 

Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said the government was “crossing a red line” and has asked its supporters to take to the streets. There are already reports of demonstrations against Khan’s arrest taking place in different parts of the country. 

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 9, 2023
CPJ report on journalists killed by Israel
Israel Palestine

Israeli forces must be held accountable for killing of journalists: CPJ 

According to the CPJ, in the last 22 years, Israeli defense forces have killed at least 20 journalists, 18 of them Palestinians. All the killings have taken place inside the occupied Palestinian territories

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 9, 2023
Israel demolishes EU-funded school in Palestine
Israel Palestine

Israel demolishes EU-funded school in West Bank, draws criticism

EU funds had been used in the construction of the Jubbet Adh Dhib school in the Bayt Ta’mar village, east of the city of Bethlehem, which was demolished on Sunday despite a pending court appeal

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 9, 2023
Our antifascist past must be our future, declare Zagreb’s citizens on 78th anniversary of liberation
Croatia

Our antifascist past must be our future, declare Zagreb’s citizens on 78th anniversary of liberation

Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the Sava river in Zagreb to mark the 78th anniversary of the city’s liberation from the fascist Ustaša regime and Nazi occupiers

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 8, 2023