16th BRICS summit opens in Kazan, Russia
This is the first summit since the accession of five new members, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE earlier this year. It is expected that yet another set of countries may join the grouping this year.
Tribal communities in India fight government-corporate nexus to save Hasdeo forest
Hasdeo Aranya, one of central India’s largest forests, faces destruction from BJP-backed corporate deforestation and coal mining projects
Crackdown on protests over controversial constitutional amendments in Pakistan
The Shehbaz Sharif government has proposed a comprehensive constitutional amendment which, if passed, will give the government greater control over the judiciary and country’s election commission.
US begins another military exercise with the Philippines and other Asian allies near Taiwan strait
The US has increased joint military exercises in the last few years and built up its military infrastructure in the region
Samsung workers’ strike in India’s Tamil Nadu ends after 37 days, workers claim victory
Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) announced the end of strike after the management agreed to respond to all the demands raised by the striking workers and not take any punitive measures against them.
Pakistani security forces attack protesters demanding justice in case of extrajudicial killing
The Sindh Rawadari March was called by left groups in Pakistan’s Sindh province to demand control on rising religious extremism and accountability in the custodial killing of Dr. Shahnawaz Kunbhar last month.
Widespread condemnation of Pakistan government’s ban on PTM
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and its leaders have faced repeated attacks from the successive governments in Pakistan for standing against the military’s role in enforced disappearances and human rights violations.
People of South Asia reaffirm solidarity with Palestine on anniversary of genocide in Gaza
Left and progressive forces in the region continue to express solidarity with Palestinian resistance movements in defiance of their governments who have tried to suppress the voices of solidarity.