US labor fights back against Amazon’s expansion into healthcare
Amazon has violated user data privacy multiple times. Now, the corporation will have access to patient medical records, eliciting protest across US labor organizations
Colombian senate ratifies Escazú agreement
The agreement is a historic step to guarantee the rights of environmentalists, Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities, who are often threatened and killed in Colombia
Israeli Supreme Court upholds law to revoke citizenship for those who commit a “breach of loyalty”
Some predict that the decision, which declares that it is legal for the government to revoke citizenship for a “breach of loyalty,” will be applied exclusively to Palestinian citizens of Israel
US political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release?
Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.
Sri Lanka’s parliament to convene on Wednesday
Meanwhile, appeals for justice continue after the assault on protestors at the Galle Face site in Colombo in which around 50 people were injured and tents were torn down
Fresh concerns in Libya after major clashes in Tripoli leave 16 dead
The UN Security Council in a meeting on Monday discussed the latest developments in Libya and the future of the peace process which has been stalled for months now over the delay in holding national elections
Myanmar’s junta executes four anti-coup activists
The executions have invoked widespread condemnation with rights groups claiming that these arbitrary executions in close-door trials highlight the escalating atrocities under junta rule in Myanmar
Panamanian trade unions reach agreement with government on essential commodities
After almost a month of national strike against the high cost of living, peoples’ movements win the reduction of the cost of essentials by 30%