US labor board officer finds Amazon intervened in union vote, calls for re-vote
The National Labor Relations Board officer found that Amazon violated labor law during the union vote held at its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse and has recommended a second vote
Israel’s Supreme Court delays ruling on Sheikh Jarrah forced evictions case
The court offered the Palestinians a compromise deal as per which Palestinians could live in their homes for the next three generations in exchange for accepting Jewish ownership of the land and paying token rent
How did Nicaragua reduce hunger and malnutrition?
Despite crippling, unilateral sanctions and globally rising food prices, hunger levels in Nicaragua have been falling. How has this been achieved?
Protests held in Serbia against large scale mining bid by Rio Tinto
Resident collectives, environment and progressive political groups intensified protests against the mining giant Rio Tinto for large scale mining of lithium-rich jadarite
Moroccan journalist Suleiman Raissouni’s health deteriorates severely after 112 days of hunger strike
Raissouni was held in pre-trial detention for more than a year before he was eventually convicted and sentenced to five years in prison on sexual assault charges following a trial termed “flawed” and “not justice” by human rights groups
Israeli forces kill another Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank
20-year-old Shaukat Awad was shot when Israeli forces opened fire on the funeral of Mohammed al-Alami who was killed a day before. At least 12 Palestinians were wounded with live ammunition at the funeral
As TPLF’s offensive continues, Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia face increased threats
On July 29, hundreds protested outside the UNHCR office in Ethiopia’s capital, demanding safe relocation of the 24,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray’s two remaining camps in Mai Tsebri town which fell to the TPLF’s offensive in mid-July
Israeli forces kill a 12-year-old boy in the occupied Palestinian territory
This was the third such killing by the Israeli forces in less than a week in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 75 Palestinian children this year already