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Tomorrow marks 11 years since the Saudi-led coalition began their brutal assault on Yemen. More than 377,000 people were killed. Today, the UK continues to support US-Israeli attacks on Yemen. 🗓️ 26th March ⏰ 6:30pm 📍 Downing Street caat.org.uk/events/yemen...

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20% of Lebanon's population has been displaced. Israeli attacks threaten specific religious groups, and when they're told to flee, the places they run to fear that bombs will follow them. And about a quarter of them are older or disabled. That's when it gets harder

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Syrian authorities have begun evacuating al-Hol camp of Syrians. They are being transferred to a temporary camp in Aleppo in preparation for their return to their areas of origin. Only Iraqi families remain in the camp, awaiting repatriation to Iraq… — Zain al-Abidin x.com/i/status/202...

Yesterday upwards of 300 million people across India held a national strike. Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy. One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.

a street flooded with thousands of marchers.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel. At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found. Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.

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All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed. Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC

The cover of The Continent, dated 8 November 2025 (Issue 219), bears the headline “Tanzania’s darkest week” and features a striking political cartoon by Gado that echoes Honoré Daumier’s 1831 caricature Gargantua.
At the top, the masthead appears in bold black letters on a beige background. Below it, the illustration dominates the page. It shows a woman seated on a throne-like chair, drawn to resemble Tanzania’s leader. Her mouth is open wide, and a long wooden ramp extends from her mouth, down which small, faceless figures carry large sacks labeled “Corruption,” “Incompetence,” “Fear,” and “Election Fraud.” They march upward to feed these vices into her mouth, while behind them, a long line of weary people stretches toward the horizon, waiting their turn.
To the left stands a sign reading “Abductions”, beside a huge pile of skulls — a chilling symbol of death and repression. Below, masked soldiers with rifles shoot civilians on a blood-spattered ground, surrounded by the bodies of the fallen. The entire scene conveys chaos, violence, and fear.
The image is a nod to Daumier’s Gargantua, which depicted France’s King Louis-Philippe as a grotesque giant devouring the people’s wealth while rewarding his cronies. Here, that 19th-century metaphor of gluttonous tyranny is adapted to Tanzania’s present moment — portraying a leader who consumes corruption, fear, and human lives themselves.

PR firm 'planted story' about Iran funding Palestine Action in media, report says Head of CMS Strategic, which works for Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems, was allegedly heard by witness saying she placed story in The Times before group's proscription www.middleeasteye.net/news/pr-firm...

PR firm 'planted story' about Iran funding Palestine Action in media, report says

Head of CMS Strategic, which works for Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems, was allegedly heard by witness saying she placed story in The Times before group's proscription

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'We Will Not Be Silenced': Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Over UK's 'Complicity in Genocide' Remand-held activists against Elbit Systems launch open-ended hunger strike for bail, fair trials, and deproscription of Palestine Action Search: Prisoners for Palestine www.ibtimes.co.uk/imprisoned-u...

Pro-Palestine Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Over UK's 'Complicity in Genocide'

Three UK activists jailed over anti-Elbit protests launch a hunger strike on the Balfour Declaration anniversary, demanding bail, fair trials, and an end to Britain's arms trade with Israel.

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