Pakistan
Pakistan: Release the arrested trade union leaders
Stop terrorising the workers movement
Asia
Kazakhstan
Moscow News: “In Kazakh jails, T is for torture”
The newspaper’s website reports the brutal situation facing prisoners in Kazakhstan and the recent visit by Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland).
Pakistan
Pakistan: Protesting nurses hold all-night vigil in Layyah
Protesting trainee nurses held an all-night vigil on Saturday 18th September outside the local press club to pressurize the government to act against health and district authorities for victimisation.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Appeal for solidarity with prisoners’ protest
Desperate inmates facing brutal beatings self-mutilate and hunger strike
Kashmir
Kashmir: “Paradise turned into hell”
Indian ‘Fact-finding mission’ will not offer solution
India
India: General strike of 7th September heralds new wave of radicalisation
As we reported last week, the general strike of 7 September in India was called by a wide range of trade unions. It was in protests at the rocketing prices of food and fuel while […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Floods raise spectre of social unrest and polarization
Eradication of feudalism and capitalism would free millions
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Media coverage of visit by Joe Higgins, Socialist MEP
Media reports of Joe Higgins’ recent visit to Kazakhstan, where he called for the scrapping of an OSCE conference in the authoritarian-run country
Pakistan
Pakistan flood crisis: Solidarity still needed
A new report on the TURCP web-site shows the ongoing and tireless flood relief work by trade unionists in Pakistan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Breaches of human rights
On 8th September Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) and Tanja Niemeier, LSP – PSL (CWI Belgium), spoke at a press conference of the GUE/NGL on breaches of human rights in Kazakh Prisons.