The presidency of Rodrigo Duterte has been characterised by the murderous campaign against working class communities on the pretext of a ‘War on Drugs’, as well as the recent declaration of Martial Law in the southern island of Mindanao. A protest camp, Kam Pobrero, has been set up in the […]
Daily Archives: July 16, 2017
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AAWL is planning to launch a Global Picketline campaign to support the jailed Maruti Suzuki workers in India and KCTU President Han Sang-gyun who is in prison in Korea. The proposal includes the establishment of an International Committee to launch and coordinate Global Picketline campaigns in different industries. AAWL developed […]
This week saw massive mobilisations in Turkey, highlighting how the social situation is continuing to alternate between repression and resistance. The protest march led by opposition Parliamentary leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu culminated in a huge rally in Istanbul attended by an estimated one million people demanding justice and an end to […]
A group of Pricol workers in southern India have won a court case against their employer who was attempting to take away more than one week’s pay. The victory comes after a 16-day hunger strike that has now ended. The issue was around the Pricol workers’ one-day strike earlier in […]
This week, two young Palestinians, Aws Muhammad Yousif Salameh, 17, and Saad Nasser Hassan Abd al-Fattah, 20, were shot dead during a military operation by Israel in the occupied lands, while Khalida Jarrar, a prominent human rights activist was sentenced to 6 months administrative detention. Acts of repression like these […]
Labour activists and Samsung Electronics victims were buoyed last week by the decisions of two long running court cases that validated that workers’ health was seriously compromised by the toxic work environment they had been exposed to. The family of Lee Eun-joo is now able to claim compensation for her […]
Nabeel Rajab, co-founder and President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and a prominent defender of human rights in Arab countries, was sentenced last week to two years in jail. His crime was of ‘propagating false information’ when in television interviews he detailed the increasing state of repression […]
Wednesday 19 July marks the 4th anniversary of the re-opening by the Australian government of the offshore concentration camps of Manu and Nauru. The treatment and conditions for refugees in these camps, and the treatment for refugees within Australia continues to remain dire. Activists will hold protests all around Australia […]