Tea workers demand hike in minimum wages in India
Hundreds of tea workers from Assam protested in Delhi, demanding implementation of minimum wages and for the betterment of working conditions
Municipal cleaners in Peru protest against mass dismissals
Over 250 workers, who have been working for more than 11 years, lost their jobs after the municipal government of Miraflores district arbitrarily decided to hire a new company
Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir forced to step down as party chief as protests intensify
Bashir will continue as president until the end of his term until 2020 presidential elections, when the ruling NCP will be nominating a different candidate, indicating an foreseeable end to his three decade-long rule
Thousands of adivasis marched in India, to safeguard forest-dwelling rights
Thousands of adivasis from across India marched in New Delhi to demand an overhaul of the order to evict people from forest lands, by the Supreme Court, that could displace nearly 2 million people
11-year-old Argentine rape victim denied right to legal abortion, forced into motherhood
Despite the minor’s desperate plea for an abortion eight times, the conservative provincial government, healthcare professionals and religious groups delayed the process and forced her into motherhood
Dozens trapped in the collapse of a makeshift gold mine in Indonesia
38 workers are confirmed to be trapped, with fears of even more buried, inside a makeshift gold mine in Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia, highlighting the dangerous shadow sector of unlicensed mining in Indonesia
Protesters meet with brutal police repression in Cauca, Colombia
The protesters are demanding that the national government guarantee basic rights such as health, education and housing as well as the protection of social and peasant leaders
Hanoi summit thwarted by an uncompromising US
An opportunity to have North Korea dismantle its only known source of plutonium was lost as US insisted on maintaining sanctions