Bolivian Justice Nullifies Arrest Orders Against Union LeadersThe Second Anti-Corruption and Violence Against Women Sentencing Court of La Paz ruled this Friday, May 29, 2026, to nullify the judicial capture orders issued against Mario Argollo, Secretary General of the Bolivian Workers Union (COB), and Vicente Salazar, Executive leader of the Túpac Katari Peasant Federation. This judicial decision invalidates the previous arrest mandates that had forced both prominent union leaders into hiding during the massive social mobilization demanding the immediate resignation of President Rodrigo Paz Pereira and an end to his administration’s neoliberal policies.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/bolivia-nullifies-arrest-orders-leaders/National Registry fails to dispel repeated fraud concerns of Colombia’s leftThe software continues to be the property of the controversial company Thomas Greg & Sons, which is owned by two convicted fraudsters. Because this company has claimed that its software is a trade secret, IT experts of the Historic Pact have not been allowed to conduct audits that would allow them to confirm the software’s code can’t be altered. “Without a proper audit of the election software, there can be no full confidence in the process,” said the political party in a statement earlier this month.
https://colombiareports.com/national-registry-fails-to-dispel-repeated-fraud-concerns-of-colombias-left/Mexico’s lower house supports law change to annul elections over foreign interferenceThe reform defines foreign interference as “illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic dissemination of disinformation, digital manipulation, and the intervention of foreign governments or agencies.” The amendment also covers acts of political, economic, diplomatic or media pressure intended to influence public opinion.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mexicos-lower-house-supports-law-change-annul-elections-over-foreign-interferenceSadr begins work on integrating Saraya al-Salam militia into Iraqi stateThe move is being closely watched in Iraq as a potential model for regulating relations between the state and armed factions, at a time of renewed debate over the future role of paramilitary groups and growing pressure to strengthen state control over weapons.
https://www.newarab.com/news/sadr-begins-work-integrating-saraya-al-salam-iraqi-state How a Gaza-bound aid convoy unravelled attempting to enter Haftar-controlled eastern Libya Launched by North African activists and later joined by international participants, the convoy included seven ambulances, 20 mobile homes, 10 aid trucks, as well as medical professionals, engineers, educators and legal observers. … Their attempts to enter eastern Libya saw those plans grind to a halt. Attempts to negotiate onward passage on Sunday led to the negotiating team's arrest. The next day, security officials arrived at the convoy's camp and forced the remaining activists at gunpoint on to buses, at one point firing tear gas into a nearby mosque where a number had been sheltering.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-gaza-bound-aid-convoy-unravelled-haftar-controlled-eastern-libyaUN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict Israel and Russia both deny the use of sexual violence by their military. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said the country had cut ties with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, in response to the blacklisting. Danon said in a social media post that “Israel submitted evidence, documents, and detailed responses to every claim”. He did not share any evidence publicly. Israel has not allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit detainees since October 2023. Details of the report, which lists 77 countries and armed groups, were shared by Israeli diplomats at the UN before its release, and the full report was posted online by the US news site PassBlue.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/29/un-israel-russia-blacklist-sexual-violence-conflictManchester cafe owner claims UK police offered money to spy on Palestine Action: ReportA Manchester cafe owner says two police officers tried to recruit him as an informant against Palestine Action by offering him financial help and a promise to overlook minor offences. The account raises serious questions about the methods being used by British police in their response to the banned direct action group.Shams Sadiq, 51, who owns two cafes in Manchester, told The Guardian that officers made the approach when he visited Ashton-under-Lyne police station on May 15 to collect electronic devices seized during his arrest the previous year. The arrest was connected to alleged offences linked to Palestine Action.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/manchester-cafe-owner-exposes-shocking-police-attempt-to-recruit-informant-against-palestine-action/articleshow/131411420.cmshttps://archive.ph/T5pxzLabour ditching equal living wage pledge a ‘betrayal of workers,’ unions warnLabour pledged in its election manifesto that it would “make sure the minimum wage is a genuine living wage” and “remove the discriminatory age bands,” so that all adults are entitled to the same pay. But pensions minister Torsten Bell told the Today programme today: “The manifesto sets out that we should move the rates together over time. “It doesn’t set a timeline on that because that’s the important role of the Low Pay Commission.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-ditching-equal-living-wage-pledge-betrayal-workers-unions-warnInmates in overcrowded French prison say heatwave makes conditions 'inhumane'Inmates told the left-wing parliamentarian of the impacts of waiting out the heatwave that saw record-breaking May temperatures in France in recent days in cells measuring nine square metres (100 square feet). "At night, it's hot, and mosquitoes get in even though I try to make a sort of mosquito net with my laundry bag," said one teenaged detainee, adding that "tensions rise more quickly in the heat". As Autain visited, another young prisoner was taken back to his cell in a wheelchair after collapsing in the yard.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260530-inmates-in-overcrowded-french-prison-say-heatwave-makes-conditions-inhumanehttps://archive.ph/oSRB3Students protest against New Zealand budget cutsThe budget will end the so-called “fees-free” policy, under which students do not pay tuition fees during the third year of their qualification, up to a value of $12,000. The government also approved for universities to increase fees by an additional 6 percent next year. Hundreds of thousands of students, the vast majority, are already forced to go into debt to pay for fees, housing and other costs, typically taking years and even decades to repay their loans. Total student debt at the end of last year was $16.1 billion, up from $15.6 billion a year earlier. The median loan balance was $18,252.
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