Over 500 people gathered together in a rally to support immigration in Dublin days after city centre riots spewed following the knife attack on children on Thursday. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) managed to call on workers to gather at 1 pm outside the GPO on O’Connell Street. The ICTU organisation has a workforce of more than 800,000 workers across the island of Ireland. According to Owen Reidy, general secretary of the ICTU, the purpose of the event was to demonstrate to those with immigrant origins that they are welcome in Ireland. In the rally, he shared his…
Author: Dakshini Jayraman
30 people were injured including policemen in a clash in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of monarchy and claim as a ‘Hindu state’. Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king came together to march on the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday to demand the restoration of the monarchy and the country’s former status as a Hindu state. However, the demonstrators were stopped by riot police using batons and tear gas. The protesters were divided into groups and were assembled on the outskirts of Kathmandu and attempted to make their way into the city centre while holding the national flag and shouting…
Russian lawmakers are limiting abortion access to address the country’s prevailing demographic crisis, the decision has gained a huge backlash. The lawmakers of Russia made attempts to Prohibit women from having abortions and pressured private clinics to cease performing the procedure. The two measurements of the actions taken at the meeting didn’t sit right with many activists in the country. The campaign, according to feminist organisations, is endangering the lives of women. About 60 people showed up for the meeting at a bookstore in Kaliningrad, the westernmost city of Russia, despite its last-minute scheduling. However, some of the attendees were…
Two journalists among eight people died after Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon at the border on Tuesday. The Lebanese state media and official sources confirm two journalists for a Lebanese TV channel and a senior Hamas official were among the eight people killed by airstrikes from Israel in southern Lebanon on November 21. The “attack” in the village of Tayr Harfa took the lives of an Al Mayadeen TV reporter and cameraman along with another crew member, the prime minister of Lebanon announced. IDF declared that it was investigating the event and that it had “operated against a threat” in…
In one of the largest mafia trials in decades, a court in Italy has given over 200 defendants sentences totaling more than 2,200 years in prison. Approximately 400 solicitors defended the convicted during the trial, which started in January 2021 and was held in the southern Italian town of Lamezia Terme in a specially constructed bunker. The trial had 900 witnesses to give testimony at the time. The accused mob was allegedly connected to one of Europe’s notorious criminal groups, ‘Ndrangheta. A former senator of Italy was among those sentenced; however, the decisions are still subject to appeal. The case…
The regional tensions heightened by the Israel-Hamas conflict were manifesting on a new maritime front when Yemen’s Houthi rebels captured an Israeli-linked cargo ship, headed for India on Sunday along a vital Red Sea shipping route. The rebels took 25 crew members hostage. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels declared that they would keep attacking ships in international waters if they were associated with or owned by Israelis. The rage will continue until Israel stops fighting against Hamas, the terrorist ruling group in Gaza. Houthis claimed to have taken control of the ship due to its connection to Israel. The Houthis declared…
Russia’s justice ministry has filed a petition to the Supreme Court to outlaw the activities of what it refers to as the “international LGBT public movement” as extremists. The petition stands unclear from the ministry’s statement if it’s aimed at certain organisations or the LGBT community at large. The movements were inciting “social and religious strife” and “extremist activity” amongst civilians, the statement included. However, any LGBT activist could face criminal charges as a result of the prohibition. Russia’s authorities have previously labelled opposition parties and human rights organisations—like Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation—as radical and now want to change the…
The pro-Palestine supporters blocked the Bay bridge as the city started hosting APEC, chanting “No US Military Aid to Israel” while being detained by the police. The local Emergency agencies alerted people about the advancing protest on the bridge, connecting Oakland and other East Bay cities to San Francisco. The incident emerged during the morning commute causing distress for all travellers. Ahead of San Francisco preparing for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Thursday, officials reopened the key Bay Bridge, which leads into the city. However, Thursday morning took a turn as hundreds of police officers gathered, moving…
The Canadian media downplayed Khalistani extremists throwing stones and gate-crashing the Diwali festival in Brampton, Canada, as a ‘fight between Sikhs and Hindus’. A viral clip circulating on social media shows a group of Khalistani extremists engaging with a Hindu crowd and disrupting Diwali festivities in Brampton, Canada. According to many attendees at the event, the incident came out of nowhere, and extremists of the Khalistani group displaying flags added more severity to the situation. The attacks inflicted by religious hatred have increased in Canada. For instance, the Diwali incident took place after New Delhi sent out a terse message…
Eli Cohen, the Israeli Foreign Minister, asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to resign for criticising Israel last month. Cohen, who is making almost regular visits to the international committee of the Red Cross and World Health Organisation to seek support, attended the UN office in Geneva on Tuesday. According to the Times of Israel, the heated response came from the Israeli minister after Guterres dropped a comment, stating that while nothing justifies the crimes committed by Hamas, they did not occur in a vacuum. In his response at the press conference in Geneva, Cohen said, “UN Secretary-General…