Ghana military violence
Ghana

Brutal military raid in Accra suburb spurs calls for accountability in Ghana 

One person is reported to have died days after Ghanaian soldiers invaded Taifa, brutalizing residents and arresting 184 people. The military claimed that the raid was an “intelligence-led operation” in response to the alleged killing of a soldier in the area 

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 18, 2023
Bangladesh journalists injured
Bangladesh

Unions condemn assault on journalists inside Bangladesh’s Supreme Court 

At least 10 journalists were injured during police action at the Supreme Court in Bangladesh on March 15. The journalists were covering the Bar Association Election

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 17, 2023
Palestinians killed by Israeli forces
Israel Palestine

Israeli occupation forces kill four Palestinians, including one minor, in Jenin

On Thursday, a number of undercover agents of the Israeli occupation forces stormed Jenin city center, killing four Palestinians and injuring at least 20 others. In the first 75 days of the current year, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 88 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied territories

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 17, 2023
Working class slams the ‘anti-worker’ budget in the UK
United Kingdom

Working class slams the ‘anti-worker’ budget in the UK

For more than a year, workers across the UK have been demanding an increase in wages to combat the cost of living crisis

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 17, 2023
Sri Lanka protest
Sri Lanka

Thousands of workers observe nationwide strike against increased taxation in Sri Lanka

Over 40 trade unions have announced a nationwide strike against the new income tax policy that has doubled taxation and increased the cost of living in Sri Lanka

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 16, 2023
Myanmar killings
Myanmar

Junta forces kill at least 28 individuals in a monastery in Myanmar

Regime reinforcements entered Nan Nein village and began executing villagers, who had taken refuge inside the monastery, according to media reports

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 16, 2023
Progressives in Belgium demand extension of time period allowed for abortion
Belgium

Progressives in Belgium demand extension of time period allowed for abortion

In response to increasing misogyny and restrictions on reproductive rights, groups within Belgium are pushing back demanding that abortion be allowed within 18 weeks from conception

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 15, 2023
Russia accuses US of provocation, denies its jets made any contacts with the US drone
Russia United States

Russia accuses US of provocation, denies its jets made any contacts with the US drone

The US has alleged that one of its spy drones was lost in the Black Sea after a Russian jet deliberately collided with it on Tuesday morning

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
March 15, 2023