Peru’s high court sentenced “Comrade Artemio,” one of the last “historic” leaders of the Shining Path guerilla movement, to life in prison on terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
Activists established a protest vigil outside Lima’s Hotel Marriott as the 17th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership opened in the Peruvian capital.
National Police fired on protesters occupying the site of the Conga gold mining project in Peru's Cajamarca region, leaving one wounded in the leg and abdomen.
On May 7, thousands filled the streets of Lima, as leaders and activists from across the spectrum of Peru’s political left joined the funeral march for Javier Diez Canseco.
More than 160 civil society organizations sent an open letter to the OAS summit, calling for alternatives to the “war on drugs” that guarantee respect for human rights.
A group calling themselves “Lukashenko Busters” protested outside the London Stock Exchange to oppose trading in companies that do business with wth the Belarus dictatorship. The group also placed 50 body bags (with live activists inside) around London, to demand pressure for… Read more‘Lukashenko Busters’ protest London stock exchange
A group calling themselves "Lukashenko Busters" protested outside the London Stock Exchange to oppose trading in companies that do business with wth the Belarus dictatorship.
Demonstrators in the West Bank joined mass protests to mark the Global March to Jerusalem, and dozens were lightly injured as Israeli forces tried to disperse them.
Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Wasfi Qabaha at a Nablus checkpoint, ending his two-year detention without charge or trial.
The Hamas-run administration in the Gaza Strip will appoint a committee to investigate clashes between police and suspected drug dealers in Beit Lahiya that left one dead.
The UK government reached a settlement agreement with thousands of Kenyans tortured by British colonial forces during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s.
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of 16 Afghan civilians in order to comply with a plea deal and avoid the death penalty.
