International campaign seeks release of Kazakh trade union leader Erlan Baltabay
In mid-October, Erlan Baltabay was sentenced to five months and eight days in prison for refusing to pay a fine. He also faces a seven-year term for his involvement in the banned Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan
New Yorkers protest police violence inside subway over fare evasion
New York City’s transport agency has hired hundreds of additional police officers and expanded its surveillance to deal with fare evasion by subway passengers
Israel kills one in airstrikes on Gaza, 144 injured in weekly protests including 53 children
Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza after 10 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. A 27-year-old man was killed in the air strikes, which targeted Hamas bases and installations
Swedish communists’ autumn campaign focuses on youth concerns
Young workers and students in Sweden are facing multiple problems including joblessness, mental health issues, high rents and debt burden. Over 160.000 youth are unemployed
New coalition government expected to take Romania further to the right
Left-wing and progressive sections in Romania are concerned about the socio-economic policies of the incipient right-wing coalition government, which is likely to be voted in on November 4
Another massacre in the Cauca Department shakes Colombia
In less than three days, two massacres took place in the Cauca department and ten people were killed in the Caloto, Corinto and Toribío municipalities.
Discrimination in mine allocations triggers protests in Myanmar
Miners have raised concerns over the fact that a major portion of the allocated mines to small miners falls in disease prone areas
Filipino security forces crack down on trade unions and progressive groups
As many as 56 leaders and members of various trade unions, progressive political parties and human rights groups were arrested in a series of raids in the city of Bacolod in the Negros Island