Palestinians on hunger strike
Israel Palestine

Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, protesting illegal detention by Israel

Their health condition is worsening after more than 50 days of no food.

Peoples Dispatch
May 29, 2019
Moroccans demand release of political prisoners from Rif movement
Morocco

Moroccans demand release of political prisoners from Rif movement

38 people are still being held in prison for participating in the protests in the Rif region against economic neglect, unemployment and state oppression

Peoples Dispatch
May 29, 2019
New Zealand teachers' strike
New Zealand

50,000 teachers take part in New Zealand’s largest education strike

Unions say that low pay and lack of equity are significant contributors to the escalating teacher shortage and increasing class sizes.

Peoples Dispatch
May 29, 2019
Kurdish hunger strike ends in victory
Kurdistan

Kurdish hunger strike ends in victory

After successfully breaking the isolation of political prisoner Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish activists have ended their hunger strike

Peoples Dispatch
May 29, 2019
Argentine feminist groups begin fresh struggle for legal abortion
Argentina

Argentine feminist groups begin fresh struggle for legal abortion

The National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion will present – for the eighth time – a fresh draft of the bill for the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (IVE) before the House of Representatives

Peoples Dispatch
May 28, 2019
Soldiers who massacred Rohingyas freed from prison
Myanmar

Soldiers who massacred Rohingyas freed from prison

The gross human rights violations committed by the Myanmar military on the pretext of national security and counter-insurgency operations has forced over 730,000 Rohingyas to flee the country.

Peoples Dispatch
May 28, 2019
Colombian student leaders threatened by paramilitary group
Colombia

Colombian student leaders threatened by paramilitary group

The far-right Aguilas Negras or Black Eagles threatened leaders and organizations that actively participated in last year’s student strike demanding higher budgetary allocation for education

Peoples Dispatch
May 28, 2019
Embassy Protection Collective continues to struggle despite eviction
United States

Embassy Protection Collective continues to struggle despite eviction

Despite the installation of Guaido’s representative in the embassy building, the activists have vowed to relentlessly fight against US interventionism.

Peoples Dispatch
May 28, 2019