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by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) – For the past six years, Jamaican writer and scholar Opal Palmer Adisa has been one of the voices crying out against the prevalence of gender-based violence in the Caribbean and elsewhere. …

Jerusalem CNN  —  A controversial set of bills that would weaken the independence of Israel’s judicial system passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time. Both bills passed 63 to 47. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has 64 seats …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls will hold nationwide despite the cash crunch and protests across the country.   Commenting on the recent crisis in the country, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the commission is working closely …

CNN  —  Almost 12,000 police officers are preparing to guard the Peruvian capital Lima as the country braces for massive protests on Thursday. A heavy police and military presence could be observed in the heart of city early Thursday, with key locations such as the parliament, the prosecutor’s office and …

Brazil’s new government is preparing for more protests by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, just days after rioters stormed key government offices in the capital in what has been denounced as an “anti-democratic” attack. The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva bolstered security measures nationwide on Wednesday …

Iran on Saturday, January 7, hanged two young men, one a karate champion, the other a volunteer children’s coach bringing the total number of people known to have been executed in connection with the protests that have swept the country since September, to four.   Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed …

The Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, has barred anyone being investigated for sexual misconduct from its glitzy Paris ceremony.   The decision by the organisers comes after protests broke out at the event on February 25 over the latest #MeToo furore involving newcomer Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police …

CNN  —  It’s only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter, one of the hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru, will make it home in time. “I’ve been up all night worrying,” Lutsko told CNN Saturday from her home in Columbus, Ohio. “I’ll …

Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have occured in the country since September, state media reported Thursday, December 8..   The protester was named as Mohsen Shekari by Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has signed laws making it more difficult to stage protests in the country.   The law bans any kind of rally from taking place at a range of locations including government buildings, universities, schools, anywhere near churches, airports and ports, railway stations and vital infrastructure, state …