Saturday’s demonstrators targeted South Korean auto giant Hyundai. In addition to criticizing the company’s reliance on coal-powered steel plants, which a report from climate groups linked to 506 pollution-related premature deaths in 2021, they also denounced the company’s reported labor practices. Last December, a Reuters investigation found undocumented children working in the automaker’s supply chain … Read more
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police are arresting Afghan women and children in southern Sindh province as part of a government crackdown on migrants, activists said Saturday. More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounded up, arrested and kicked out foreign nationals without papers. It set an Oct. 31 deadline … Read more
Last week, two activists from the grassroots movement Standing Together, which works to improve relations between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel, were detained by Israeli police in Jerusalem. They were hanging posters that read “We will get through this together” in Arabic and Hebrew. Yossi Mekelberg, an associate fellow at Chatham House whose research … Read more
Activists and emergency workers say the Syrian government has shelled a village in the rebel-held northwestern part of the country, killing at least five civilians ByGHAITH AL-SAYED Associated Press and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press IDLIB, Syria — The Syrian government early Thursday shelled a village in the rebel-held northwestern part of the country, killing at … Read more
COSTA DA CAPARICA, Portugal — Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She “felt it was now or never to raise our voices” as her country appeared to be in the grip of deadly human-caused climate change. Now a university student, Sofia and … Read more
Local weather activists have sprayed orange paint onto Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to induce the German authorities to take extra pressing motion towards local weather change ByThe Related Press September 17, 2023, 8:03 AM Members of the local weather safety group Final Era have sprayed the Brandenburg Gate with orange paint in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. … Read more
LONDON — Tons of gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the loss of life of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian lady who died in police custody in Iran final yr, sparking worldwide protests towards the nation’s conservative Islamic theocracy. Chanting “Ladies! Life! Freedom!,” the crowds held her portrait and rallied … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment Iran on Wednesday detained at the least 12 feminine activists in what rights teams say is an escalating marketing campaign to discourage protests to mark the anniversary of the “girl, life, freedom” rebellion that swept the nation final 12 months. The protest motion towards clerical rule was sparked by the loss … Read more
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested one other particular person accused of supporting abroad activists who allegedly endangered nationwide safety, in an additional enlargement of a authorities crackdown on pro-democracy dissidents. Police detained the 24-year-old man on the metropolis’s airport a day after 4 different folks had been arrested for allegedly utilizing … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who stay in Australia FILE – Hong Kong Chief Government John Lee speaks throughout a information convention in Hong Kong, March 21, 2023. Lee mentioned Tuesday, July 4, that eight pro-democracy activists who now stay in the US, … Read more