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Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, in jail since 2018, was today granted default bail by the Bombay High Court in the Bhima Koregaon case.

Seit 50 Jahren gibt es Greenpeace, die einflussreichste Umweltschutzorganisation der Welt. Doch was macht den Erfolg der NGO aus? Was kann ...

Desmontando las mentiras del dictador Miguel Díaz-Canel en tres simples pasos La dictadura organizó una concentración en el Malecón de La Habana para esbozar falsedades sobre la manifestaciones que registran más de 400 detenidos y un muerto Para el dictador Miguel Díaz-Canel hay «odio desbordado» en las redes sociales, pero han sido sus fuerzas policiales las que han agredido y detenido a los manifestantes. (EFE) «Lo que el mundo ve sobre Cuba es una mentira: un pueblo levantado contra...

Von Sebastian Bähr Lesedauer: 4 Min. Bisher hat die Staatsanwaltschaft gegen 451 G20-Demonstranten Anklage erhoben. Trotz umfangreicher Dokumentation von Polizeigewalt müssen Beamte keine Konsequenzen tragen. Foto: dpa/Christian Charisius Ein »Festival der Demokratie« hatte Olaf Scholz 2017 im Vorfeld des anstehenden G20-Gipfels in Hamburg versprochen. »Es wird Leute geben, die sich am 9. Juli wundern werden, dass der Gipfel schon vorbei ist«, kündigte der damalige Erste Bürgermeister d...

Of policing by consent. we can be under no illusion that this is another authoritarian clampdown on our civil liberties, the right to peaceful assembly and protest are fundamental principles of any democracy and the rich tradition of dissent in this country shows us that they can literally change the course of history. they are the reasons why someone of my race, and of my class and of my gender has the rights that i do and why i can even stand here as a member of this house. we cannot forget th...

La Comisión de Justicia y Paz informó que ya están en Colombia, los delegados de 12 países de la Misión de Observación Internacional por Garantías a la Protesta Social y contra la impunidad en Colombia, que visitará 11 regiones del país. La comisión conformada por 40 delegados de 12 países e integrado por destacados dirigentes políticos y sociales, estarán hasta el lunes 12 de julio recibiendo testimonios de primera mano de víctimas de represión estatal durante el Paro Nacional...

Tarrem attacks indicate that the weakened Maoists remain a strong military threat The deaths of over 20 paramilitary personnel in an encounter with the Maoists in the Tarrem area near Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district once again puts the spotlight on the long-running conflict in this remote tribal region. Reports indicate a Maoist ambush of the paramilitary personnel from different units – the Special Task Force, the District Reserve Guard of the Chhattisgarh police besides the Central Reserve...

CJI S.A. Bobde Must Step Down for Asking Rape Accused to Marry Victim: Open Letter "Enough is enough. Your words, scandalise and lower the authority of the Court." CJI S.A. Bobde. Photo: PTI/File Women03/Mar/2021 New Delhi: A group of more than 4,000 women’s rights activists, progressive groups and concerned citizens have written an open letter to Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, saying that he must resign for asking a rapist to marry his schoolgoing victim and justifying marital rape in...

Harinder Kaur Bindu, whose father Megh Raj Bhagtuana was killed by alleged Babbar Khalsa International militants in 1991, now leads protests against the new farm regime at Tikri as head of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan). The Jamhoori Kisan Sabha is one of the main groups at the Singhu protest. Its president Kulwant Singh Sandhu, who was part of the failed talks with the Centre, was shot in the leg and back in an ambush by suspected Khalistan Commando Force member...

UK: Johnson government orders review of “left wing extremism”, targeting Socialist Workers Party and “far-left entryism” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has announced a review into “left-wing extremism”. The review will be led by former Labour MP John Woodcock, now Baron Walney, in his post as UK Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism, and will spearhead efforts to criminalise left-wing and socialist activity in Britain. What amounts to a dragnet aga...