Activists demand end to illegal confinement of Sahrawi human rights defender
Moroccan authorities have kept prominent Sahrawi activist Mahfouda Lekfir illegally confined in her father’s house after she was released on May 15 following six months of political detention
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque compound on day of its reopening
The Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem was closed due to the COVID-19 threat for the last 70 days and was re-opened on Sunday. The Israeli police also arrested three Palestinians from the site on Sunday
“The people of the United States are fed up”
Claudia de La Cruz analyzes the systemic racism in the country and talks about the demands of the protesters.
Palestinian man with autism shot dead by Israeli police
32-year-old Iyad Hallaq, who was diagnosed with autism, was chased down, shot and killed by border police at an Israeli check point near East Jerusalem. He was left on the ground bleeding and succumbed to his injuries
Protests sweep across US demanding justice and end to systemic racism
Protesters in many major cities across the country took over the streets, demanding justice for George Floyd who was murdered by police officers on May 25.
Kuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 of its foreign employees
Foreign workers have faced renewed targeting in the Gulf region which is suffering from economic slowdown caused by falling oil prices and coronavirus-related lockdowns
Progressives in Germany denounce racist ‘hygiene demos’ and anti-lockdown protests
Far-right groups in Germany have been organizing anti-lockdown demonstrations and racist “hygiene demos” targeting Jews and immigrant communities
30 migrants in Libya killed after death of human trafficker
The chaos created by the NATO-led invasion of Libya in 2011 has made the country a breeding ground for human trafficking to Europe, leading to hundreds of deaths each year