10 injured as police repress garment workers’ protest in Gazipur, Bangladesh
Bangladesh

10 injured as police repress garment workers’ protest in Gazipur, Bangladesh

The workers were protesting the failure of their company’s management to pay wages for between three and five months

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 15, 2022
Four Martyrs - Ireland
Ireland

Irish republicans commemorate ‘Four Martyrs’ on centenary of their execution

One hundred years ago, during the Irish Civil War, the executive council of the British dominion of the Irish Free State executed four Irish republicans on December 8, 1922

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 14, 2022
Janna Zakarneh Palestinian children
Israel Palestine

“UN should place Israel on its ‘list of shame’ for crimes against Palestinian children”

Israeli occupation forces killed a 16-year-old girl during a military raid in Jenin on Sunday. She is the fifteenth minor killed by Israeli forces in Jenin since the beginning of 2022 

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 13, 2022
Iranian defense minister denies Ukraine's claims
Iran Ukraine

Iran says there is no evidence of its drones being used by Russia in Ukraine

Iran said that at a meeting held to discuss this issue, Ukrainian officials were not able to provide any evidence to back the claim that its drones were being used in the Ukraine war

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 13, 2022
Saudi-led war in Yemen
Saudi Arabia Yemen

Over 11,000 Yemeni children have been killed or injured since 2015: UNICEF

2015 is the year when the Saudi-led international coalition intervened in the conflict in Yemen. It has also imposed a blockade crippling land and sea blockade

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 12, 2022
Nepal election results
Nepal

Talks for government formation on after election results declared in Nepal

These were the second elections to be held under the present constitution in Nepal that came into effect in 2015. Voting took place in a single phase this time for the federal and provincial polls

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 8, 2022
Palestinian deaths
Israel Palestine

Israeli occupation forces kill three Palestinians, injure 10 in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have carried out near daily raids inside the occupied West Bank, often opening fire indiscriminately and killing Palestinians. The number of Palestinians killed in the territory this year is the highest since 2005

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 8, 2022
A decade after the Tazreen garment factory fire in Bangladesh, workers cry out for justice 
Bangladesh

A decade after the Tazreen garment factory fire in Bangladesh, workers cry out for justice 

Victims of the one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Bangladesh lament the long wait for justice and the lack of compensation and institutional support

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
December 8, 2022