Calls intensify for release of Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
Pressure mounts on UK Prime Minister to secure the release of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah who is on hunger strike against his incarceration
Pressure mounts on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to secure the release of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah who is on hunger strike against his incarceration.
Public Service workers in South Africa in strike for better pay and conditions of service. This is the largest protest for 10 ten years and raises fears that key sectors of governance would be impacted.
COP27 activists decry and condemn lobbying groups for not putting the spotlight on the plight of countries affected by climate change.
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