Tudeh condemns raids and arrests of Iran’s leftist intellectualsEconomists Parviz Sedaghat and Mohammad Maljou, researcher Rasoul Ghanbari, sociologist Mahsa Asadollahnejad, and writers Shirin Karimi and Hayman Rahimi were arrested on Monday, according to reports. Mr Maljou’s whereabouts remain unknown, campaigners warned. Mr Sedaghat’s daughter, Mahtab Sedaghat, chief editor of Criticism of Political Economy, said security forces raided their home at about 7.15am and arrested him after searching the property.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tudeh-condemns-raids-and-arrests-irans-leftist-intellectualsPKK leader Ocalan urges progress in Turkish peace process"To progress to a positive phase, it is essential for everyone to act with sensitivity, seriousness and a sense of responsibility," Ocalan wrote in the message, which was published by a delegation from the pro-Kurdish DEM party that visited him in jail on Monday. "The basis for this must be to integrate the Kurdish question in all its dimensions into the country's legal framework and engage in a solid transition process."
https://www.newarab.com/news/pkk-leader-ocalan-urges-progress-turkish-peace-processTop Israeli trade union chief arrested as part of corruption probeISRAELI police detained several senior officials from the country’s main trade union federation, the Histadrut, on Monday, including its chairman Arnon Bar-David, as part of a major corruption investigation. Authorities said the probe, which has been ongoing for more than two years, involves allegations of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and tax offences.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/top-israeli-trade-union-chief-arrested-part-corruption-probe Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police foundthe West Midlands Police assessment which led to the ban was based on intelligence provided by Dutch police about the conduct of Maccabi fans during a match in Amsterdam last November. The Guardian reported on 21 October that the police assessment "concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club". Now, as the match approaches, MEE can reveal new details of the police assessment which have not been previously reported, and which raise further questions about claims made by government ministers.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/violent-maccabi-fans-included-organised-fighters-linked-idf-uk-police-foundSpain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International BrigadesAn estimated 32,000 volunteers from around the world joined the anti-fascist brigades during the civil war, including approximately 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland, of whom 530 were killed. At a ceremony in Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said of the new citizens: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots. We call for the defence of the same democracy as they did at a time when it is under threat around the world.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/spain-grants-citizenship-descendants-international-brigades-civil-warFar-right activist Tommy Robinson cleared of terror-related offenceDelivering his verdict, District Judge Sam Goozée said: “I cannot put out of my mind that it was actually what you stood for and your beliefs that acted as a principle reason for the stop.” Outside the court, surrounded by at least 100 of his fans, Robinson filmed himself saying: “Just as before, Elon Musk, I am forever grateful for your contribution to funding my court case. If it wasn’t for that I would probably be in jail.”
https://www.ft.com/content/9c01bfe3-3649-4ea4-adbe-7ce7372dd87dhttps://archive.ph/sl0Z4Protesters could be jailed for six months for demonstrating outside politicians’ homesUnder proposed amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, demonstrating outside the home of public office holders — where the intention is to “influence them in their role or an aspect of their private life” — will be made a criminal offence. Security minister Dan Jarvis claimed the measure was “serious but necessary and proportionate.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protesters-could-be-jailed-six-months-demonstrating-outside-politicians-homesDPD uses mass sackings against UK delivery workers standing up against pay cutsAccording to reports by the BBC and Guardian, between 1,300 and 1,500 DPD drivers joined the nationwide stoppage organised via online chatrooms and forums. Even these initial stirrings of organised opposition were enough to strike fear into DPD which, like Amazon, has become a byword for sweatshop labour.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/04/svcq-n04.htmlTanzanian opposition claims security forces are secretly dumping bodies after election violenceAuthorities declared a nationwide curfew and security forces cracked down on protests by firing live bullets and tear gas canisters. The main opposition party, Chadema, has claimed that more than 1,000 people were killed and said Tuesday that security forces were trying to hide the scale of the deaths by secretly disposing of the bodies. The authorities have not responded to the claims.
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-internet-shutdown-ed57beb80faff2f9737804217d057cecCameroon security forces killed 48 in election protests, UN sources sayCameroon's security forces killed 48 civilians as they responded to protests against the re-election of President Paul Biya, the world's oldest ruler, according to data shared with Reuters on Tuesday by two U.N. sources. The majority of the victims were killed by live rounds although several died from wounds sustained when they were beaten with batons and sticks, the two U.N. sources said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/cameroon-security-forces-killed-48-election-protests-un-sources-say-2025-11-04/Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum to former PMPeru announced on Monday that it was officially severing all diplomatic ties with Mexico following the asylum granted by the mission in Lima to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez. “The Peruvian government has decided today to break diplomatic relations with Mexico,” Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela stressed.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/11/04/peru-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-mexico-over-asylum-to-former-pmColombian presidential hopeful Abelardo de la Espriella rallies thousands in Bogotá: ‘The Tiger has awakened’ El Tigre (“The Tiger”), as he calls himself, took the stage two and a half hours after the event began, following a lineup of Colombian and international figures from the far right, libertarian movements, several evangelical churches, and military veterans’ organizations. “Today begins the reconquest of Colombia,” declared the lawyer to a crowd chanting “Out with Petro” and “Steadfast for the homeland,” the campaign’s slogan.
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