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#CoronaCapitalism: Riots, resistance and releases – the Coronavirus and the prison industrial complex 0

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The Coronavirus is creating huge ruptures in the prison industrial complex, leading to the first instances of major corona-related social unrest and urgent calls for prisoner solidarity and prison abolition

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Homicides against human rights defenders increased by 88 percent in 2020 0

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Homicides against human rights defenders increased by 88 percent in 2020

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Interview with Hawzhin Azeez about Kurdish responses to COVID-19 in Rojava and Rojhelat 0

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Dr. Jeff Miley interviews Dr. Hawzhim Azeez of the Center for Gender and Development Studies at the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani about Kurdish responses to COVID-19 in the Kurdish region of Syria as well as the Kurdish region of Iran

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Estados Unidos anuncia su retiro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud 0

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Este 29 de mayo, Estados Unidos oficializó su retiro de la máxima entidad internacional en materia de salud, la Organización Mundial de la Salud

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Conditions worsening in Turkey’s prisons due to COVID-19

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Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of the HDP Foreign Affairs Commission, have released a statement on the worsening conditions in Turkey’s prisons due to the coronavirus pandemic

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Prisoners in Colombia and Brazil face coronavirus pandemic alone

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There are 1,297 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and four deaths in Colombian prisons (on 27 May). In Brazil 755 cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in prisons across the country

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Turkish government’s onslaught on the HDP continues amid the fight against the coronavirus 0

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Between March 11 and May 10, the police intervened in 8 events organized to protest the government’s measures on the Covid-19 and 42 people were detained. In addition, an investigation was launched against two members of parliament for their critical statements on Covid-19 measures

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The Choctaws – A Debt Repaid 0

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The Irish proverb: “Is ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.” translates as: “We all live in each other’s shadow.” In other words we are all interlinked

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Estados Unidos y el coronavirus: más de 4500 muertes en tan solo 24 horas

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Este 16 de abril, Estados Unidos registró 4591 muertes debido al COVID-19 en tan solo 24 horas

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MEPs label law on prisoners in Turkey “a great disappointment”

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Turkish ruling parties have decided to “deliberately expose the lives of those whom they consider political opponents to the risk of the deadly COVID 19”, warn MEPs

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