Colombian government launches initiative for protection of social leaders
Interior Minister Alfonso Prada reported that the protection plan will cover the 65 municipalities hardest hit by violence in the country
International support pours in for Palestinian human rights groups facing Israeli persecution
Scores of rights groups have rejected attempts to delegitimize the Palestinian groups and called for greater international pressure on Israel to end its oppressive policies
Cyprus government slammed for inaction on spying scandal
The tech security company which developed the controversial Predator spyware that was used to spy on a Greek politician and journalists is currently owned by an Israeli businessman based in Cyprus
Heads of two Palestinian human rights organizations threatened with arrest by Israel
Khaled Quzmar, the general director of Defence of Children International-Palestine, was briefly detained, while Al-Haq’s director Shawan Jabarin was threatened with arrest on Sunday by Israeli security agency Shin Bet, after the organizations’ offices were raided last week
Striking Kaiser Permanente workers take on the mental healthcare crisis
Over 2,000 mental health workers are on strike to demand that multi-billion dollar healthcare company Kaiser Permanente invest in hiring more staff
Suicide attack in Kabul kills 21, injures dozens
Kabul’s police officials confirmed that as many as 21 civilians died in the explosion, including the imam of the mosque. Five children were among those critically wounded
Turkey continues its aggression inside Syria, kills four
Turkey controls a large part of northern Syria since 2019 and demands the creation of a buffer zone 30 kilometers deep inside the country to prevent alleged attacks from Kurdish militias
Lawsuit filed in US seeks to bring judicial scrutiny of CIA’s alleged spying of Julian Assange
Four individuals, including two lawyers who worked with Julian Assange, filed a lawsuit against the CIA, Mike Pompeo, and the Spanish private security firm UC Global for violating their constitutional protections and privacy