Protesters mark ‘global day of protest against war on Iran’
Protesters have demanded an end to the US sanctions on Iran and the withdrawal of foreign troops from the West Asia region
In massive protests, Iraqis demand withdrawal of US troops
A million-man march against the US took place in Iraq on 24 January, which was followed by a students’ rally on Sunday to demand an end to all foreign interference in the country
In Namibia, union resists shutdown of state-owned factory and retrenchments
The state-owned August 26 Holdings is planning to shut down one of its subsidiaries on the grounds that a theft of USD 1.76 million has caused financial stress. The union has demanded a halt to the retrenchment plan
Liberation of Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz by Soviet Army
The camp became a major site of the Nazis’ Final Solution to the Jewish Question, where more than one million Jews, Poles, Romani and Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) were exterminated, many in gas chambers.
Researchers at SOAS protest cancellation of leaves and temporary work contracts
Students and staff at SOAS University in London are protesting the decision of the management to scrap the research leaves of researchers and the casual job contracts of temporary academic workers
Myanmar government must protect Rohingyas from genocide: ICJ
The International Court of Justice has called the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya community in Myanmar a genocide, and has asked the state to take measures to protect the minorities from further violence
Bolivians celebrate fourteen years of the Plurinational State
Plurinational State Day was commemorated with several peaceful mobilizations across the country, demanding the restoration of democracy after the civic-military coup against President Evo Morales in November
Sri Lankan government admits 10,000 ‘missing’ Tamils were killed in violence
Thousands of Tamils who had been categorized as ‘disappeared’ have now been declared dead by the Sri Lankan authorities . This is the first such admission by the Sri Lankan government since the civil war in the country ended in 2009