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‘Can’t Make This Up’: Journalist Arrested Under UK Anti-Terror Law Hours After Criticizing It

“I criticized the Terrorism Act before getting on the plane, then got arrested under the Terrorism Act upon landing.” Richard Medhurst, a Syrian-British independent journalist who defends Palestinians’ right to resist Israeli apartheid, occupation, and other crimes, said this week…

A Minor Gang Raped in Assam’s Dhing, Hundreds of Women Protesters Hit the Street

Guwahati: Hundreds of Assamese women on Friday hit the street of Dhing in central Assam demanding justice for a minor who was gang raped by a group of suspected Muslim migrants on 22 August 2024 while she was returning home…

4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds

More than half of people on Earth — approximately 4 billion— lack access to safe drinking water, which is double the number estimated in 2020, a new study by REACH global research program has found. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Launched by University of…

‘My brother Sergio’, a novel in homage to Sergio Tormen Méndez, a Chilean cyclist arrested and disappeared by Pinochet agents

We interviewed Ítalo Hernández Ibacache, author of the book in homage to Sergio Tormen, a well-known cyclist arrested in 1974 and disappeared since then. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his detention by state agents. The launch of the…

Prof Yunus Calls PM Modi, Assures Security to Hindus in Bangladesh

Guwahati: As the voices against the atrocities on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh get mounted across India and many parts of the globe, the head of the interim Bangla government in Dhaka made a call to Prime Minister Narendra…

Arab Spring Effect in South Asia: After Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Which next?

Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkul Karman, known as “The Mother of the Revolution,” once said, Youth is a revolution; they cannot be stopped, they cannot be suppressed, and they cannot be silenced. Karman’s words came true in Bangladesh on August…

Scott Ritter Reports on ‘Doxxing’ and ‘Swatting’ Along with the FBI Raid on His House

Aug. 11, 2024 (EIRNS)—Scott Ritter issued a 12-minute video on Aug. 8 regarding what happened during the FBI raid on his house on Wednesday, Aug. 7, and then used his regular two-hour Friday interview (“Ask the Inspector”) with Jeff Norman…

Workers working without heating

Job insecurity in Chile It is not enough to cover the daily bread. When we talk about job insecurity, we are talking about unfair working conditions, low or insufficient salaries, low training that leads to higher accident rates, lack of…

Bangladesh Learned Again– Students Efforts Spared Us from Shame

by Mohammad Nazrul Islam Our children, our youth have once again proved that this G-generation can change Bangladesh, can change the country. They moved and worked hard to give proper guidance to the country, and above all, to change the…

Welcome to Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps

Since the horrific Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, we have been hearing every day of more and more crimes and atrocities that would have been unthinkable in the not-too-distant past. Tens of thousands of civilians killed,…

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