France protests: Funeral held for teen shot by police as 1,300 arrested overnightThere had been 2,560 incidents of fire set in public spaces, while 79 members of the security services had been wounded. More than 45,000 officers, backed by light armoured vehicles and elite police units, were deployed across the country. A decree issued on Saturday gave Paris police the right to deploy drones in parts of the suburbs. French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said that the average age of those arrested was 17, while the country's justice minister Eric Dupont-Moretti said 30 percent of the people arrested were under 18.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-protests-more-1300-arrested-funeral-teen-shot-police-set-beginGerman court rules in favor of Palestinian journalist dismissed by DW over allegations of anti-SemitismA German court has ruled that the dismissal of Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Farah Maraqa by the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) in February 2022 on charges of anti-Semitism was “not legally binding.” According to the verdict as quoted by Maraqa in a Twitter post on Wednesday, June 28, “DW misinformed the staff council” about the reasons for her dismissal. However, she mentioned that the final verdict was still awaited.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/30/german-court-rules-in-favor-of-palestinian-journalist-dismissed-by-dw-over-allegations-of-anti-semitism/ Biden Administration Poised to Supply Ukraine With Banned Cluster Bombs The Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits cluster munitions' use, production, acquisition, transfer, and stockpiling and requires the destruction of stockpiles. The U.S., Ukraine, and Russia are not signatories to the treaty. This week, in a letter obtained by POLITICO, 14 Senate Democrats wrote to Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan that “the humanitarian costs and damage to coalition unity of providing U.S. cluster munitions would outweigh the tactical benefits, and urge the president not to approve such a transfer.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-administration-poised-to-supply-ukraine-with-banned-cluster-bombsFrom Argentina to the Rio Grande, wave of teachers’ strikes sweeps Latin AmericaTeachers have been on strike this month in at least seven provinces in Argentina, including Salta, Santa Cruz, Chubut, Misiones, Jujuy, Buenos Aires Province and the city of Buenos Aires. These have been triggered by the agreement between the union apparatus and the governments to pay raises far below inflation, which is expected to reach 150 percent this year. Teachers are also fighting a massive attack against public education by the Peronist government of Alberto Fernandez, who abandoned promises to spend 6 percent of GDP on education and instead reduced the budget to the lowest level in 11 years.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/06/30/ykaz-j30.htmlPolice in Jujuy raid home of Indigenous activist Milagro Sala amid mass protestsThe warrant to search the property of Sala, the leader of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Organization, was issued by Federal Judge Rodolfo Fernández. It was issued as part of an investigation into alleged public disturbances in recent days during the protests rejecting the reforms to the provincial Constitution. The reforms, promoted by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales of the right-wing Radical Civic Union party, have been widely opposed in the province.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/07/01/police-in-jujuy-raid-home-of-indigenous-activist-milagro-sala-amid-mass-protests/Bahamian Government To Pay Millions Of Dollars To LandownersPinder told the Senate that the Phillip Davis administration would immediately pay the money to "scores" of Bahamians and that successive administrations have failed to compensate landowners for decades. "As my colleagues will know and as I have said here, Senator Rahming was the one who brought this up time and time again, the Government owes tens of millions of dollars to Bahamians who had their land taken from them for public use, for public roads and other things for public use, and they have never been compensated for it," Pinder told lawmakers.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bahamian-Government-To-Pay-Millions-Of-Dollars-To-Landowners-20230630-0016.htmlVenezuela: Campesino Organization Welcomes Gov’t Pledges to Support ProductionThe Venezuelan president did not disclose the credit amounts and other details. He added that an immediate priority is to ensure that 100 percent of campesinos have access to banking services. Alayo expressed that his organization “applauded the decision to democratize access to credit and to banking services.” He likewise praised Maduro’s pledge that the state will purchase larger crop volumes directly from producers.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15797Turkish occupation state deported 390 Syrians in less than a weekThe Turkish occupation state continues to exploit the silence of the international community and use the Syrian refugees residing on its territory, in addition to changing the demography of the occupied regions, especially Afrin, with the participation of Gulf associations and organizations, with the aim of separating it from the rest of the other Syrian regions.
https://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/turkish-occupation-state-deported-390-syrians-in-less-than-a-week-h36927.htmlSouth African president cleared of wrongdoing in scandal over $580,000 in cash stolen from his farmGcaleka also said there was no evidence that Ramaphosa was guilty of a conflict of interest regarding any income from the business operations of his Phala Phala game farm in the northern Limpopo province. “The allegation that the president improperly and in violation of the provisions of the executive code exposed him(self) to a risk of a conflict between his constitutional duties and obligations and his private interests arising from his alleged paid work at Phala Phala farm is not substantiated,” Gcaleka said at a news conference.
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-ramaphosa-cash-scandal-phala-phala-d2f6d8ae4849c0994918ff710ab77b47#DontStealOurLand, Widespread Protests Break Out, District to State, to National: Bhumi Adhikar AndolanThe call given by the Bhumi Adhikar Andolan (BAA) has essentially sought to mobilise individuals, organisations, and communities to stand up against the exploitation of forests and demand the preservation of the Forest Rights Act. By joining hands and standing in solidarity, the participants hope to send a powerful message that the process of weakening the forests and the Forest Rights Act will not be tolerated.
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