Chelsea Manning to spend another 400 days in prison
A federal judge dismissed Manning’s plea for a hearing on the sanctions that were imposed on her by the court for refusing to testify in the Wikileaks’ espionage case.
Migrant rescue ship Open Arms stranded in the sea for seventh day
The ship, with 121 migrants onboard, now awaits the Spanish government’s approval to dock at a safe port after being denied permission by Malta and Italy.
Estonian academics demand more funding for higher education and research
Academic unions say that the current center-right coalition government in Estonia has backtracked from its promise to raise state funding for research to 1% of the country’s GDP
Thousands protest biased scrutiny of nominations for Moscow local elections
Reports say that more than 1,000 protesters were detained on August 3 while opposing the rejection of the nominations of opposition candidates for the Moscow Duma elections
Massive protests break out in Turkey against mining in the Kaz mountain region
Protesters said that the development of the mine in the Kaz mountains would lead to the poisoning of the local water supply and water in the dam in the nearby Canakkale city
Costa Rican health care workers begin a two-day-long general strike
The health care professionals are protesting against a tax reform approved last year in December, which seeks to privatize public health care services in the country
Guatemalan peasant organizations strike ahead of the second round of elections
The strike was carried out to denounce the electoral fraud committed in the first round of general elections and to reject the immigration agreement signed by the national government with the US
Tens of thousands join the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland
The Belfast Pride Parade marked the culmination of the Belfast Pride Festival and sought to highlight the rights that are still denied to the LGBTQ community in the region