Seleka militia.
European countries have been indirectly contributing to massive human rights violations and heavy environmental damage in the Central African Republic, an , released on July 15, revealed.
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Seleka militia.
European countries have been indirectly contributing to massive human rights violations and heavy environmental damage in the Central African Republic, an , released on July 15, revealed.
The world鈥檚 largest social movement, La Via Campesina, has slammed the power of transnational companies for undermining democracy and stifling people鈥檚 voices on a global scale.
The group, which represents more than 200 million farmers and rural people worldwide, said the interests of large corporations increasingly dominate international decision-making processes and policies.
Private polling shows veteran left-wing Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, who takes a strong stand against austerity and has a history of backing supporting popular movements, ahead in the first round of voting, the on July 15.
The New Statesman said the success of Corbyn's campaign surprised observers. Corbyn collected 40 nominations from local parties, just eight less than the bookmakers' favourite, Andy Burnham.
The Israeli military may be flagging social media users as potential terrorists for using key words such as 鈥渂oycott鈥 or the Arabic name for Jerusalem 鈥淎l-Quds,鈥 Israeli magazine .
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, writing for his Leargas blog, has warned that the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that formally ended more than two decades of armed conflict in the six counties in Ireland's north still claimed by Britain, 鈥渉angs by a thread鈥.
British unions slammed the ruling Conservative Party on July 15 for introducing a bill derided as the biggest attack on worker's rights in decades, TeleSUR English said that day.
The government's new Trade Union Bill would impose a slew of new regulations on unions, including new voting thresholds for strikes.
At least 50% of members would need to cast a ballot for a strike to move forward. Now, unions only need to secure a simple majority of votes for a strike to be valid.
Khader Adnan with friends and family following his release from Israeli detention.
Israel released Palestinian activist Khader Adnan from jail on July 12, after holding him for more than a year without charge, .
Unveiling of monument to Juana Azurduy.
Bolivia's Morales unveils indigenous resistance statue in Argentina
Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and supporters rallied outside the Caltex Kurnell oil depot on July 20 to support the seafarers on the tanker Alexander Spirit in Devonport Harbour who are campaigning to protect their jobs and conditions.
MUA Sydney branch secretary Paul McAleer, MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin, Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon and representatives of the international transport union addressed the protest.
The Bulgarian Prisoners Rights Association (BPRA) has made progress in its attempts to bring due process into Bulgaria's parole laws.
Founded in 2012, the BPRA has been represented on a Ministry of Justice working group on prison reform since May. Their representative is Valio Ivanov, who was released from Sofia Central Prison in February after serving 22 years 鈥 20 in solitary confinement.
Ivanov succeeded in getting the working group to recommend changes in parole laws, BPRA chairperson Jock Palfreeman told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
Loyalists rioted on July 13 in north Belfast, . The loyalists 鈥 largely anti-Catholic supporters of Britain's ongoing rule over the six counties in Ireland's north 鈥 drove a vehicle into residents in the predominantly Catholic and Irish nationalist Ardoyne area, seriously injuring a teenage girl.
A United Patriots Front (UPF) rally of about 20 people was met by 200 Say No to Racism protesters and about 25 police in Hobart on July 19.
The UPF rally moved from Franklin Square, through the Elizabeth Street Mall to the ABC building and concluded at the Domain Rose Gardens.
Say No to Racism protesters included Greens, Socialist Alliance, anarchists, local musicians, and people who had "never been to a rally before".
Say No to Racism protesters disrupted the UPF rally at each stopping point and as they marched on the street.
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