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As Poland’s women’s movement celebrates a tentative victory, LGBTI activists are still fighting PiS’s ugly culture war

11th Nov 2020 Equal Times 0

This August Linus Lewandowski was physically attacked by a group of strangers, simply for being gay. The 28-year-old software engineer and LGBTI+ rights activist was […]

ITUC objects to ZANU PF calling ZCTU a terrorist organisation

4th Aug 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Ongoing human rights abuses in the country have reminded Zimbabweans that the regime did not change when Mugabe was ousted in 2017.

See you in court: a rise in legal attacks against rights defenders aims to silence corporate critics

8th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

Athit Kong has been fighting to stay out of prison for more than four years. The Cambodian union leader faces criminal charges of intentional violence, […]

In Zimbabwe, trade unionists, human rights activists and opposition politicians are under siege

4th Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

When Munashe Chirowamari left home on 11 October 2018 to join fellow trade unionists on a demonstration organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions […]

In Zimbabwe, an unpopular government is lashing out because “it fears its own people”

13th Feb 2019 Equal Times 0

With at least 17 unarmed civilians killed by the military in the recent spate of anti-government protests, and many more injured, abducted, raped and imprisoned, labour […]

Undertaking the crucial task of bringing cryptography to activists

11th Feb 2019 Equal Times 0

A group of journalists and activists slowly trickle into a room. They take a seat. Some talk amongst each other, others play around with their […]

Zimbabweans and South Africans unite against state brutality in Zimbabwe

17th Jan 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

A group picketed outside the Zimbabwean embassy against state brutality in Zimbabwe.

Women and children bear the brunt of Cameroon’s conflict

3rd Oct 2018 Equal Times 0

On 7 September 2018, hundreds of women rallied in a stadium in the city of Bamenda, in the north-west region of Cameroon to protest multiple […]

Can Zimbabwe’s high-stakes election usher in a new dawn for its media?

31st Jul 2018 Equal Times 0

Watching the nightly news on Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster, ZBC, in the run-up to the country’s historic elections on 30 July is a surreal experience. There’s […]

In Iraq, trade unions are helping to rebuild popular power

26th Jun 2018 Equal Times 0

In Iraq’s May national elections, of the 329 parliamentary deputies chosen, Sairoon (meaning ‘Forward’ or ‘the Alliance for Reforms’) scored the biggest win – 55 […]

The anguish of refugees trapped in the Balkans

7th Mar 2018 Equal Times 0

One of Feitas Moussa’s most treasured possessions is his incisor. The 29-year-old Libyan keeps the tooth in his pocket, carefully wrapped in a handkerchief. “They […]

China’s water grab in Tibet risks regional devastation and conflict

2nd Oct 2017 Equal Times 0

China’s unchecked mining expansion and dam construction across the Tibetan plateau, compounded by climate change melting glaciers, are threatening the Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges and other […]

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