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Attacks on women at the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona continue despite efforts to clamp down.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66158842
Hundreds of Sikhs have protested the Indian state after the killing of a prominent leader in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfKuX8FrL80
South Africa is experiencing a massive energy crisis. In a day, South Africans can go without electricity for up to 12 hours. These rolling electricity black...
https://www.972mag.com/an-israeli-activist-was-thrown-in-jail-for-a-week-over-a-hat/
Police arrested Gil Hammerschlag in Jerusalem, after he attended protest wearing a cap featuring a photo of a Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/what-syrian-civil-society-should-do-next
Following two years of preparation, the Syrian Madaniya (“Civil”) initiative held its inaugural conference with over 180 participating organizations. To claim a political role, Madaniya needs a program and a partner. The natural partner for this endeavor is the Syrian Negotiation Commission.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2307/S00103/122-million-more-people-pushed-into-hunger-since-2019-due-to-multiple-crises-reveals-un-report.htm
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019 12/07/2023 – Rome/New York/Geneva – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated ...
https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/12/six-killed-in-banned-kenya-protests/
Tear gas was also used to disperse crowds attacking a highway connecting Nairobi to the port city of Mombasa, with one death recorded in Emali, a town located along that route.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seven-hong-kong-prison-officers-arrested-after-gang-rape-allegations
The 31-year-old victim told police she was drunk and passed out before she was raped. Read more at straitstimes.com.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/07/israel-un-experts-condemn-forced-eviction-east-jerusalem-families
GENEVA (12 July 2023) – The forced eviction and displacement of the Ghaith-Sub Laban family and many other Palestinian families in east Jerusalem may amount to a war crime of forcible transfer and must be immediately reversed, UN experts* said today. “It is deeply shocking and heartbreaking to see Nora Ghaith and Mustafa Sub Laban, an elderly Palestinian couple, evicted from their family home where they have lived all their lives and raised their children,” the UN experts said.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230707IPR02431/bulgaria-and-romania-should-be-in-schengen-by-end-of-2023-says-parliament
MEPs call on the Council to approve Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen free-travel area by the end of 2023.