The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Human rights report condemns state violence against protesters in Colombia
A new study shines a light on the brutal state violence being inflicted on protesters in Duque’s Colombia, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Anti-government protests led by the unions have faced extreme levels of state violence
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JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
A MUCH-ANTICIPATED report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has documented the extent of human rights violations committed by Colombian security forces since massive national strike protests were initiated in late April.
The IACHR released its findings on Wednesday July 7, a little under a month after a delegation visited the country to assess the situation over June 8-10.
The IACHR is an organ of the Organisation of American States (OAS) which monitors regional states’ compliance with international standards of human rights — it is equivalent to the European Commission for Human Rights
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