Atlanta police shooting US
United States

Atlanta killing ruled as ‘homicide’ as protests against police violence in the US grow

The killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 12 has been characterized as a ‘homicide’ in a post-mortem report by the Medical Examiner’s Office

Peoples Dispatch
June 15, 2020
Israel announces Trump Heights in Golan Heights
Israel

‘Trump Heights’: The newest Israeli-approved illegal settlements in occupied Golan Heights

The Golan Heights is Syrian territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war. Israeli settlement activities inside the occupied territories are in complete violation of international laws

Peoples Dispatch
June 15, 2020
Egyptian LGBTQ activist dies.
Egypt

Persecuted Egyptian LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazy dies of suicide

30-year-old Sara Hagezy was in exile in Canada since her release from jail in 2018. She was arrested after she waved a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo

Peoples Dispatch
June 15, 2020
Why Are DU Students, Teachers Against Online Exams?
India

Why Are DU Students, Teachers Against Online Exams?

Prof. Abha Dev Habib talks about the resistance put by both students and teachers of Delhi University against online exams.

Peoples Dispatch
June 13, 2020
Luxembourg Communists
Luxembourg

Luxembourg government accused of abusing emergency powers

The government has reportedly coerced a waste management firm in Leudelange to incinerate hospital waste despite it lacking a license for the same

Peoples Dispatch
June 12, 2020
Reopening in São Paulo is sending “population to the slaughterhouse,” warns COVID-19 specialist
Brazil

Reopening in São Paulo is sending “population to the slaughterhouse,” warns COVID-19 specialist

Domingos Alves questions the criteria used to allow the reopening, arguing that the decision goes against data

Peoples Dispatch
June 12, 2020
Serbia Elections
Serbia

Serbian communists file lawsuit against election commission

The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) and the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) have accused the election commission of discrimination after it rejected their registration for the parliamentary elections scheduled on June 21

Peoples Dispatch
June 12, 2020
DRC mining workers
DR Congo

Mining companies in DRC warned against confining workers at mining sites

Global mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused by trade unions of violating workers’ rights in the name of the coronavirus pandemic

Peoples Dispatch
June 12, 2020