Democracy

More than 60 human rights groups back Eurovision boycott
Sudan uprising: 'This is a people's revolution'
The web's world-wide war on democracy
As strip searches rise so does anger at police abuse

Last year, shortly after we participated in a protest against the Australian government’s cruel refugee policy, we were snatched off the street by police and taken to Newtown Police Station. Once inside we were separated and strip searched. We were not charged with any offence. What happened to us happens to marginalised people all the time and it needs to stop.
Roger Waters on US coup: 'Leave Venezuela alone'
Gaza rallies for Venezuela to oppose US coup
European parliamentarians condemn EU support for US coup
Kurdish activist: 'I'm on hunger strike for freedom'
Spanish state vs Catalonia: putting a political trial on trial
London says 'hands off Venezuela'
Venezuelan social movements denounce coup
How US sanctions hurt Venezuela's people

Much media fanfare has been made about US President Donald Trump pledge to deliver US$20 millions worth of humanitarian aid, in the form of food and medicine, into Venezuela via its borders with Colombia and Brazil. But in all media coverage, almost nothing has been said of the impact that the devastating and illegal US sanctions have had on the Venezuelan people, or that the latest round, including the impact that the seizure of Venezuela’s oil assets in the US will have.