WFP expected to cut food aid to Palestine due to lack of funding
The UN agency estimates that US$ 51 million is needed to continue its operations in Palestine until the end of this year
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secures another term following runoff election
Erdoğan secured 52.16% of votes in the May 28 run-off against opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu who won 47.84% votes, as per an unofficial media tally. The incumbent president’s People’s Alliance secured a majority in parliament in the May 14 polls
South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo continues struggle for true freedom
Abahlali baseMjondolo’s General Secretary Thapelo Mohapi talks about the true meaning of freedom for the masses of South Africa
Around 200 Palestinians forcefully displaced from West Bank village by Israel
Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein Samiya village in the Jordan Valley were forced to leave their homes due to sustained violence by Israeli forces and settlers. Many have termed this an act of ethnic cleansing
Several US Congress members sign letter criticizing Paypal for discriminating against Palestinians
The letter addressed to Paypal CEO Dan Schulman claimed that the company was discriminating against Palestinians by banning them from using its services, while allowing illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank to use their digital payments platform
Prominent Algerian opposition leader Karim Tabbou placed under judicial supervision after brief arrest
Tabbou, like most other leaders of Algeria’s pro-reform Hirak protests (2019-20), has been consistently harassed and persecuted by the state with arrests and jail terms
15 Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike protesting Israeli prison conditions and abuse
Among the main demands of the prisoners is the right to receive specialized medical treatment from their personal doctors instead of those sent by the prison administration
Activists to appeal Pakistani Shariat Court’s scrapping of sections of 2018 transgender law
The ruling stated that a person cannot alter their gender based on their “innermost feeling” or “self-perceived identity” and must comply with the biological sex assigned to them at birth