Azerbaijan arrests four soldiers for war crimes
…Human Rights Watch condemning the treatment of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani forces. The Dec. 2 report stated that “there are serious grounds for concern about their safety and…
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One of Berlin’s last surviving squats evicted
Hundreds of demonstrators confronted riot police in central Berlin the night of Oct. 9 to protest the eviction of one of the city’s few remaining squats, a symbol of the…
Humanity’s affluent 1% drive climate change
…Sept. 21 Note: Recent studies have found that the 1.5 C rise set as a maximum by the Paris Agreement will be reached within five years. Photo: malingering via The…
Poland: mass uprising for reproductive rights
…of Warsaw churches. On Oct. 27, clashes broke out in a number of cities between the demonstrators and far-right groups ostensibly organized to defend churches. Two women were also injured…
Hunger ’emergency’ in Syria’s Idlib
…began shutting down in parts of the country controlled by President Bashar al-Assad, amidst a shortage of wheat. Condensed from The New Humanitarian, Oct. 28 Photo: UNICEF via UN News…
Post-electoral repression in Tanzania
Opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu was arrested Nov. 2, two days after disputed presidential elections in Tanzania. Incumbent John Magufuli won the election by a landslide according to official results…
Electoral violence rocks Uganda
CounterVortex Uganda: detained presidential candidate charged Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine was released on bail Nov. 20 after being charged with violating COVID-19 restrictions by holding political rallies. Wine’s arrest…
Guatemala: protesters set fire to Congress building
Thousands protested in Guatemala’s capital Nov. 21 against a newly approved 2021 national budget that imposes deep cuts in funding for health care, education and programs to combat malnutrition—at a…
Havana: dissident hunger-strikers arrested
Cuban police agents raided the headquarters of the dissident San Isidro Movement (MSI) in Old Havana on Nov. 26 and arrested the 14 activists who were inside the building, several…
COVID-19 could deepen global poverty: UNDP
Severe long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could push an additional 207 million people into extreme poverty, bringing the total to over 1 billion by 2030, according to findings by…
Trump co-opts Chinese dissidents —stirring dissent
An utterly maddening story in the Princeton Planet Dec. 8 informs us that exiled Chinese dissident Teng Biao has been facing protests at his home in New Jersey’s Princeton Junction—by…
Podcast: the most dangerous period comes now
…the Oval Office. And on Dec. 20, Trump’s reelection campaign committee petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse three decisions by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejecting challenges to election…