Students at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul were protesting against an action by Islamist students in support of the Turkish army’s war in Afrin. Now, the protestors have been arrested by police. The country’s president has vowed that they will be expelled because they are “terrorists”. by Wladek […]
“We’re putting our bodies on the line in the right way,” said Manitoba Cree man and environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Müller. by TeleSur / News – Global Over 150 protesters, including two politicians, have been arrested by the Canadian authorities over the past week for their protest against the […]
Turkish-backed rebels toppled Kurdish monuments as many fear ethnic cleansing of the city’s population. by TeleSur / Global The Turkish army and its allies seized the northern Syrian city of Afrin from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) Sunday morning after nearly two months since the Turkish “Olive […]
Black activist and city councilwoman Marielle Franco was killed, along with her driver, on her way home from an event in central Rio de Janeiro. by TeleSur / News – Global Brazil’s Workers’ Party, or PT, of Rio de Janeiro released a public statement condemning the assassination of 38-year-old Black activist […]
by TeleSUR – Global The occupation has grown from 500 people since it first rallied under the banner of the “Fearless People of Sao Bernardo.” More than 6,000 people of Brazil’s Movement of Homeless Workers, MTST, have occupied a park in Sao Bernardo do Campo to demand access to decent […]
Thousands of people have been turned away from the Bangladeshi border this week – almost 400 have died as they attempted to escape. by TeleSur – Global Following an escalation in state violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, CPB, has strongly condemned the atrocities they continue to […]
by TeleSur – Global The decision forces authorities to reopen the files of the inmates and replace pretrial detention with release under bond. Nearly 400 inmates of Mexico’s Chiconautla state prison will have their cases reopened after winning collective protection for torture and case fabrication. The petition for […]
by Left Voice – Global BUENOS AIRES – After suffering a violent eviction by the cops, PepsiCo workers, 30,000 people in labor unions, student organizations, women’s groups and more marched through downtown Buenos Aires. The protesters repudiated the police violence suffered by the workers, as well as demanding that […]
by Democracy Now! – Global In Turkey, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Istanbul Sunday on the final day of a 260-mile march from Ankara protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s brutal crackdown against civil society. This is opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Kemal Kilicdaroglu: “The era we […]
by Sahar Amarir / Global Voices – Global Morocco has been facing waves of protests for several months. In late October 2016, Mohcine Fikri, a fisherman in the northern Moroccan city of Al Hoceima, saw his 500kg catch of swordfish seized by the police. As his merchandise was being […]
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