Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist for Prothom Alo newspaper in Bangladesh, the country’s largest circulated newspaper, was detained in Dhaka on May 17 2021 under the Official Secrets Act
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Bangladesh: Arrest of Journalist Rozina Islam in Dhaka who recently did reportage on corruption in health ministry during Covid-19 | May 18, 2021
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Israel / Palestine: Bibi and Gantz! End this unnecessary and pointless war! - Gaza Border Region residents / The storm which Netanyahu unleashed - Adam Keller | may 2021
18 May 2021We, residents of the Gaza Border Region, call on you to end our ongoing suffering and the inferno that you have unleashed on the people in the Gaza Strip. / There can be no peace and no quiet as long as the West Bank lives under occupation and Gaza suffers a suffocating siege
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India: "Cow piss" protects from Covid19 says BJP lawmaker and none will book her for fraud & spreading misinformation during a pandemic | May 18, 2021
18 May 2021A newspaper responds to Pragya Thakur peddling cow piss to counter Covid19
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Public Memory at Risk: Petition Seeks Transparency on demolition of National Archives of India and Transfer of its holdings | May 17 2021
18 May 2021We, the undersigned, call on the Government of India to provide clarity on the proposed demolition of part of the National Archives as part of the Central Vista Project.
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Call for an immediate halt to the Central Vista Redevelopment Project undertaken by the Govt of India | Statement issued of May 12, 2021
12 May 2021We, the undersigned call for an immediate halt to the Central Vista Redevelopment Project undertaken by the Government of India, which commenced in December 2020. The designation of this scheme as an ‘essential service’ invites fresh scrutiny of the plan. It is especially troubling that this extravagant project is moving ahead in the midst of a devastating pandemic, endangering workers, and squandering scarce resources that could be used to save lives.
