Probe ordered into murder of two unionized workers of South Africa’s Amathole municipality
The two workers who were killed in separate attacks last month had exposed corruption in the financially strapped municipality of Amathole in Eastern Cape province. The provincial government has been forced to order a forensic investigation after widespread outrage by unions
Evo denounces disqualification as “second coup”
Morales and his legal team denounced the move by the de-facto government as illegal repression of his political rights
Irish PM Leo Varadkar resigns amid parliamentary deadlock
Left-wing party Sinn Fein’s prime ministerial candidate Mary Lou McDonald got the most support from the legislators in the first sitting of the new Irish legislature. The next vote is scheduled on March 5
Use of VPNs for social media criminalized in Kashmir
The police have registered an open case against individuals who have defied government orders prohibiting the use of social media via Virtual Private Networks
Following in Israel’s footsteps, Egypt too builds a wall on its border with Gaza
The under construction border wall will complete the encirclement of the Gaza strip. Israeli already has built a concrete wall on its 37-mile-long border with Gaza
In 2020, already 50 social leaders assassinated in Colombia
The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated
In Iran’s parliamentary elections, conservative sections have the advantage
The elections to the Majlis that are scheduled for February 21 are taking place at a time of intense diplomatic and political aggression by the US. This has strengthened the conservative sections in the country
Ahead of Assange’s extradition hearing, Wikileaks’ Twitter account gets locked for several hours
Assange has been detained at the high-security Belmarsh prison in accordance with the ruling by a local judge in London, while he awaits the conclusion of his extradition trial