Indian state accused of extrajudicial killings and aiding resource plunder, under pretense of anti-Maoist crackdownThe statement also urged the prime minister to stop the militarization of the region and respect the rights enshrined in the Fifth Schedule of the Indian constitution for the Adivasis (Indigenous peoples of India). The statement alleges that the rights of the Adivasis “are being systematically violated and forests and minerals of Chhattisgarh are being subjected to indiscriminate corporate exploitation with disastrous implications for environmental stability and livelihood of the local people.” Various other organizations and individuals have issued similar statements demanding the immediate cessation of all hostilities against the Indigenous peoples of the region, along with its demilitarization.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/12/indian-state-accused-of-extrajudicial-killings-and-aiding-resource-plunder-under-pretense-of-anti-maoist-crackdown/In Armenia, rising ceasefire violations bring fears of war with AzerbaijanArmenia's southernmost province of Syunik is at the heart of the dispute and is where most ceasefire violations are reported. Syunik separates the main body of Azerbaijan to the east from the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the west. It also provides a vital trade route for Armenia to Iran, which it borders to the south. Azerbaijan has since 2020 demanded Armenia provide it with a corridor through Syunik to Nakhchivan. Baku has said that the passage would remain Armenian territory but have minimal controls from the capital Yerevan.
https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-rising-ceasefire-violations-bring-fears-war-with-azerbaijan-2025-06-12/ Prosecution of KKE members for their anti-war activitiesIn recent days, the prosecution of KKE members and the municipal authority of the city of Tirnavos, which was elected with the support of the KKE, began in recent days on the grounds of their participation in the mobilization that took place on 6 November 2024. During this mobilization, members of the KKE and KNE blocked six trucks carrying ammunition destined for Ukraine.
https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/Prosecution-of-KKE-members-for-their-anti-war-activities/Russia’s military casualties top 1 million in 3-year-old war, Ukraine saysThe U.K. Defense Ministry also said in a statement posted Thursday on X that Russia has suffered over 1 million casualties, including roughly 250,000 killed since it launched the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. … Earlier this year, the General Staff of the Russian armed forces claimed that Ukrainian military losses had topped 1 million.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-kharkiv-0869f159a0b1b0b073dd139a94cffdc1Israel to expel French 'Freedom Flotilla' activists, MEP Rima Hassan held in solitary confinement Four French activists who are being detained by Israel after being intercepted on board the Madleen humanitarian aid boat sailing for Gaza will be sent back to France on Thursday or Friday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Wednesday. One of the activists, MEP Rima Hassan, was briefly held in solitary confinement, an NGO representing the activists said.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250611-israel-to-expel-french-freedom-flotilla-activists-mep-rima-hassan-held-in-solitary-confinementhttps://archive.ph/W1oCrHamas defends attack on GHF bus as 'security campaign' against Israeli-backed militia"We won't allow a repeat of the experience in southern Lebanon, where militias became tools of the occupation," the Hamas official declared. Yasser Abu Shabab recently appeared in a controversial video, claiming his militia aimed to "liberate areas from Hamas rule."
https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-defends-attack-ghf-bus-security-campaignIsrael’s coalition survives vote to dissolve parliament over army draft tensionsTensions had been running high for days, with Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) threatening to back the move to topple the government and trigger early elections. The political crisis was sparked by the government's failure to pass legislation exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service - a long-standing demand of both Shas and UTJ.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-coalition-survives-vote-dissolve-parliament-over-army-draft-tensionsEgypt begins detaining and deporting activists ahead of peaceful march to GazaThousands of people began arriving in the Egyptian capital Cairo this week hoping to join activist group Global March to Gaza, which aims to peacefully trek to Rafah. Participants would walk from Cairo to El Arish on Friday, then cross the border and arrive in Rafah on Sunday. The group has been registering participants for months in a display of solidarity with Gazans and to protest against Israel’s genocide as well as seeming indifference from most world governments.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/egypt-begins-detaining-and-deporting-activists-ahead-peaceful-march-gazaPolice fire tear gas on crowds protesting Kenya blogger’s death in custodyProtesters took to the streets of Kenya’s capital Nairobi to express their fury over the death of a blogger arrested by police last week, as the country’s police watchdog reported that 20 people had died in custody over the last four months. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds gathered close to the capital’s parliamentary building on Thursday to protest against the death of Albert Ojwang, a 31-year-old blogger arrested in the western town of Homa Bay last week for criticising the country’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/12/police-fire-tear-gas-on-crowds-protesting-kenya-bloggers-death-in-police-custodyhttps://archive.ph/ixBVdSouth America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court rulingBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva telephoned CFK to highlight her serenity while urging her to remain strong, drawing from his own experience of imprisonment on corruption charges later overturned. “I called comrade Cristina Kirchner this afternoon and expressed my solidarity,” said the Brazilian president on X.. “I spoke to her about the importance of staying strong in these difficult times”, he added. “I observed with satisfaction the serenity and determination with which Cristina faces this adverse situation and her determination to continue fighting,” Lula further noted.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/06/12/south-america-s-leftwing-leaders-support-cfk-after-court-rulingBolivia anti-government protests turn deadly as tensions rise"There are already four officers who have lost their lives," Justice Minister Cesar Siles told reporters in La Paz, adding that some had been shot. The deceased are three police officers and a firefighter, Bolivia's state news agency reported. "We can't call these civilian protests anymore. We are talking about paramilitary groups, groups that carry weapons, and we have to respond firmly," Siles said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-anti-government-protests-turn-deadly-as-tensions-rise-2025-06-12/