At World Health Assembly, unanimous support for independent global study on pandemic
Attempts by the US and Australia to marginalize China at the World Health Assembly failed as the resolution adopted by member states through consensus made no mention of either Wuhan or China
Mismanagement of pandemic by Haitian President Jovenel Moïse fuels latest protests demanding his resignation
In response to the anti-government demonstrations, the Haitian National Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and arrested many social leaders
South African gold mining company abandons workers after asking them to return to work
60 workers were turned away by the company as the permitted capacity was exceeded. They are now stuck in overcrowded, unsanitary hostels with no way to get home
Following outcry, Belgian minister ‘deletes’ criticism of hospital workers’ protest
Belgian federal minister Marie-Christine Marghem had criticized staff of the Saint-Pierre University Hospital in Brussels, who were protesting the government’s insensitivity towards health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Prominent Hirak movement activists released in Algeria
Two prominent activists related to the Hirak protest movement in Algeria were released on Monday after an Algiers court reduced one’s sentence and awarded the other a suspended sentence. The duo was convicted on frivolous and trumped up charges
French youth protest demanding free and sufficient availability of masks
There have been accusations that the French government was fully informed, as early as 2018, about the shortages in the strategic reserves of safety masks in the country
German Left demands national rent cover, protests CDU’s pro-real estate policies
Die Linke (The Left) in Germany has demanded that rent hikes be halted. It has also called for a ban on evictions during this period of crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic
Activist who denounced lack of water in poor neighborhoods in Buenos Aires died of coronavirus
Ramona Medina was hospitalized and connected to a respirator after she tested positive for coronavirus. There are more than 1,000 confirmed cases in Buenos Aires’ poor neighborhoods