Human rights commission meets with victims of and witnesses to police terror in Colombia​.An international mission is collecting testimonies in Popayán, Colombia, on the violation of human rights by state security agencies during the protests that began on April 28, based on the various complaints from organizations and actors who have participated in the National Strike.

Under-resourced & under-supported: Tens of thousands of New Zealand nurses go on strike for better pay, safer work. Photo: New Zealand Nurses Organization / FacebookTens of thousands of nurses have gone on an eight-hour strike across New Zealand, disrupting non-emergency health services. The union voted for the action after failing to reach a deal for better wages.

According to the data of the valid votes submitted by the ONPE, Pedro Castillo leads Keiko Fujimori with a difference of 0.39 percent. Photo: EFEThe National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) of Peru has published the results of the second round of elections to elect the new president of Peru, resulting in the victory of the candidate for Peru Libre, Pedro Castillo, with 50.19 percent of the valid votes after 100 percent of the processed reports.

Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. Photo: Alasdair Pal / ReutersForeign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives has won an election as the next president of the United Nations General Assembly. Shahid pledged to push for equal access to coronavirus vaccines, a stronger and greener economic recovery, and stepped-up efforts to tackle climate change.

Demonstrators hold signs outside Manhattan criminal court during a march and rally to demand the end of solitary confinement on June 7, 2021. Photo: Mary Altaffer /  APA new proposal by the Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce (FAST) calls on the U.S. government to use legislative, executive, and administrative methods to end the “torture” of solitary confinement on inmates in federal detention.