Ecuadorian Environmental Defender Found Dead After Reporting Corruption and ThreatsFor at least a year, Silva-Koniuszek had been denouncing the irregular sale of more than 700 hectares in the Capaes area, where the land was sold without a public auction in 2022 by then-Mayor Otto Vera Palacios for US$6.2 million. The case gained prominence because the transaction allegedly involved the administration of La Libertad Mayor Francisco Tamariz.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ecuadorian-environmental-defender-found-dead-after-reporting-corruption-and-threats/Final countdown to defuse protests against Mexican government ahead of World Cup opening game Only 24 hours remain before the World Cup kicks off in Mexico and the country is going though its final dress rehearsals. Preventing demonstrations on opening day is already a pipe dream: negotiations with teachers have stalled and search groups will march to make their missing relatives visible.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-10/final-countdown-to-defuse-protests-against-mexican-government-ahead-of-world-cup-opening-game.htmlGlobal Union Urges Sanctions on Myanmar Regime Over Labor AbusesThe junta has moved to dismantle labor protections, scrapping tripartite mechanisms between workers, employers and the government, while cracking down on trade unions and jailing or exiling labor activists. Addressing the ILC, IndustriALL general secretary Atle Høie stressed that around 450,000 garment workers in Myanmar earn under US$100 a month—about half the living wage. He said factories operating under martial law expose workers to military checkpoints, harassment, unpaid overtime and the threat of forced conscription.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/global-union-urges-sanctions-on-myanmar-regime-over-labor-abuses.htmlCITU Blames ‘Serious Lapse’ by RINL Management in Following SOPs That Led to Blast Killing 9 WorkersIn a statement, CITU flayed the Central government for “hurriedly” issuing an official release terming the accident as a “fire accident”. This “is not wholly factual and smacks of evasion of responsibility and accountability. Such horrible accident took place basically owing to gross violation of and compromise in the “STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE(SOP)” which is integrally linked with the basic preventive safety norms in such an extremely hazard-prone steel production process,” CITU said in its statement.
https://www.newsclick.in/citu-blames-serious-lapse-rinl-management-following-sops-led-blast-killing-9-workersIndonesian court finds 4 military members guilty of acid attack on activist, sends them to prisonThe three navy marines, Sgt. Edi Sudarko, First Lt. Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, and Capt. Nandala Dwi Prasetya, and an air force officer, Lt. Sami Lakka, were all assigned to the intelligence agency of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, or TNI. They were convicted over the March attack on Andrie Yunus, a human rights lawyer and senior activist with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, known as KontraS.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-military-court-acid-attack-b46233574b55c8fbca539268fdb3a5fb Military reinforcement from Syrian Ministry of Defence head toward the Lebanese border | Mobilization and buildup by armed factions and foreign fighters in Al-Qusayr This coincided with a large-scale buildup by armed factions and groups of foreign fighters. Hundreds of them gathered in Al-Qusayr city and its surroundings, and deployed along the border strip between Syria and Lebanon. The sources confirmed that the deployed members are equipped with full weapons and military gear, and are on a state of field alert. However, no precise information is available so far regarding the nature of the missions or objectives linked to these movements.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/383193/ Israel MPs in bid to exempt ultra-Orthodox from conscription According to its preamble, the proposed legislation "seeks to enshrine in a Basic Law the status of Torah study as a fundamental value of the Jewish people's heritage". Basic Laws carry constitutional weight in Israel and require a simple majority of 61 out of 120 lawmakers to pass a third reading. The bill also proposes that "the State of Israel recognise individuals who commit to devoting themselves to Torah study over an extended period as performing a meaningful service for the benefit of the state and the Jewish people".
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/israel-mps-bid-exempt-ultra-orthodox-conscriptionNew details of London event promoting Israeli settlement-linked companiesEmanuel Vatari, CEO of one of the sponsors of the event, the Emanuel Group, posted a list of companies participating on his Facebook page on Tuesday. The list includes Harey Zahav, an Israeli real estate development company whose website advertises property in Negohot, an illegal Israeli settlement in the southern Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. Also on the list is The Meshulam Levinstein Group, a collection of engineering, construction and real estate companies. It has built residential and commercial projects in illegal settlements in both the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gmb-members-march-through-blackpool-after-labour-waters-down-plans-help-school-supportGMB members march through Blackpool after Labour waters down plans help school support staffThe leaders of Unison, GMB and Unite slammed the Department for Education’s push for the mass academisation of schools without a long-promised national framework for job evaluations and pay on Tuesday. Unions say the lack of a framework will put hundreds of thousands of school support staff at risk of fragmented “free-for-all” employment practices and put academies at risk of equal pay claims.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gmb-members-march-through-blackpool-after-labour-waters-down-plans-help-school-support Politically motivated crimes in Germany reach record high “The majority of crimes were committed by right-wing and far-right perpetrators, which once again demonstrates that the greatest danger currently stems from far-right extremism,” Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in Berlin on Tuesday after presenting an annual report on crimes motivated by political ideology. Yet, he said far-left actors were responsible for the largest increase in violent crimes, with offenses attributed to left-wing extremist ideology up by about 42 percent. That surge, said Dobrindt, underscores the “growing threat” posed by the “far-left scene.”
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