Anger grows over anti-asylum measures after shipwreck kills 62 off Italian coast
Dozens are still missing after a boat believed to be carrying up to 200 asylum seekers sank near the region of Calabria on February 26. As the death toll rose on Monday, NGOs slammed Europe’s harsh anti-asylum policies for endangering people who were already vulnerable
Tunisian Workers’ Party condemns President Kais Saied’s racist remarks against African migrants
Last week, Tunisian President Kais Saied blamed migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries for causing disturbances in Tunisia and being part of a “plot” to change the country’s demographics
Port workers in Italy demand wage hike, safer jobs, and an end to fueling the war in Ukraine
Port workers, along with trade unionists from other sectors, have been resisting the transfer of arms and ammunition destined for imperialist wars through Italian ports and airstrips
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian towns in West Bank, at least one dead and hundreds injured
More than 65 Palestinians, including 13 children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the first 59 days of this year in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
In Jammu and Kashmir, ‘eviction drive’ sparks anger and protests from a cross-section of society
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir, which is directly under the Central government, launched an eviction drive in January, many of whose victims were farmers, workers and marginalized sections. Political parties and people’s movements have slammed the drive with many critics calling it an attempt to bring about demographic change
More international sanctions on Myanmar’s junta, as airstrikes, arrests keep country on edge
The European Union has now imposed its sixth round of sanctions on at least 16 individuals and entities for carrying out grave human rights violation in Myanmar
Hazardous manual scavenging kills two more workers in India
Two sanitation workers who had attempted to enter a septic tank in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district succumbed to poisonous gas
Pakistani brothers finally leave Guantanamo Bay after 20 years without charge or trial
Hundreds of detainees have been incarcerated for years in the notorious American detention center in Cuba without any formal charges, and allegedly faced various forms of mental and physical torture