MST in Paraná mobilizes for land, life and dignity
Brazil

MST in Paraná mobilizes for land, life and dignity

The landless rural workers are protesting their potential eviction from the camps they have been inhabiting for the past 20 years and where they live, work, produce and learn

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Brexit deal passed in Commons
United Kingdom

UK House of Commons passes Johnson’s Brexit deal

The deal has set the United Kingdom on course to leave the European Union by the end of the month and complete the transition process by the end of the year

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
US House Resolution
Iran United States

US House passes resolution restricting Trump’s powers to declare war on Iran

Besides being of some symbolic and political significance, the resolution does not have any legal value and is non-binding

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Chilean secondary students protest entrance exam and inequalities in higher education
Chile

Chilean secondary students protest entrance exam and inequalities in higher education

Chilean student organizations claim that the University Selection Test or PSU deepens inequalities in the education sector

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Mexico assumes presidency of CELAC and revives the mechanism of regional integration
Latin America Caribbean

Mexico assumes presidency of CELAC and revives the mechanism of regional integration

Mexico has committed to strengthening the organization for the development of the region

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Activists demand overturning of death sentence to Pakistani professor
Pakistan

Activists demand overturning of death sentence to Pakistani professor

The death sentence awarded to 33-year-old professor Junaid Hafeez in Pakistan, on charges of blasphemy has been termed as a travesty of justice by human rights groups who claim that it is blatantly against international law

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Delhi police violently repress JNU students’ rally
India

Delhi police violently repress JNU students’ rally

Students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University mobilized on January 9 to demand the removal of the vice-chancellor after the right-wing attack suffered on Sunday

Peoples Dispatch
January 10, 2020
Teenage death in Kashmir
Kashmir

Teenager’s death triggers massive protests in Kashmir

Sixteen-year-old Tehseen Nazeer was crushed to death by an armored police vehicle in Srinagar’s Nowgam, on Monday, January 6

Peoples Dispatch
January 9, 2020