Two-weeks off after every week of work for nurses in Zimbabwe
An agreement over this work shift was reached between the government and the nurses’ unions on May 13, averting a strike action against the government’s call for nurses to return to full-time work
Israeli youth convicted for murdering 3 members of a Palestinian family in 2015 terrorist attack
The convicted Israeli is part of an extremist settler terror group called hilltop youth. Members of this group are followers of Meir Kahane, who called for the expulsion of all non-Jewish people from Israel
Egyptian journalist arrested while interviewing jailed activist’s mother, released on bail hours later
Lina Attalah, the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian independent news outlet Mada Masr, was arrested while speaking to Laila Soueif, the mother of political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah
Progressives in Slovakia slam pro-EU/NATO joint declaration by leadership
The declaration emphasizes that EU and NATO membership is vital for Slovakia. It also envisages increasing defense spending along with the preparation of a new security strategy
‘Not their business’: Iran slams US threats to reimpose UN sanctions
The US has threatened to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran if its draft resolution to extend the arms embargo is vetoed in the UN Security Council
In Spain, demands for ensuring safety of Basque political prisoners
Patxi Ruiz, a political prisoner belonging to the Basque ethnicity in Spain, started a hunger strike in the Murcia II prison where he is being held to protest harassment and threats by the jail authorities
South Africa’s NUMSA calls out leading company for violating workers’ rights
Excellerate Services, owner of South Africa’s largest private security company, has failed to pay its workers’ outstanding wages while forcing them to work without PPEs, sanitizers and other protective measures, as per the union
Massive protests in El Salvador against President Nayib Bukele
Salvadorans are protesting over the lack of food and economic aid to poor and unemployed people, the shortage of personal protection equipment for health workers, and the delay in the return of people stranded abroad