Saturday, December 12, 2020

Venezuelan opposition claims large turnout in anti-Maduro protest

Colombia Venezuela Consultation

Droves of Venezuelans blaming President Nicolas Maduro for their country's collapse voiced their frustrations Saturday in a creative protest rivalling recent elections they boycotted as fraudulent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-opposition-maduro-protest-1.5839520?cmp=rss

Farmers' protests in India are not just about land rights. They're about our very identity

India Farmer Protests

Hundreds of thousands of farmers are vigorously protesting new Indian legislation that they say will push them off their ancestral lands. Raji Aujla and Jagdeesh Mann, both Punjabi-Canadians from B.C., share why the issue matters deeply to the Indian diaspora.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/opinion-indian-farmer-protests-1.5837097?cmp=rss

Nigerian police hunt for missing students after school attacked

NIGERIA-SECURITY/

Bandits armed with assault rifles attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state late on Friday, police said, and two local people said hundreds of students were missing.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigeria-school-attack-missing-students-1.5839237?cmp=rss

Pro-Trump marches, prayer rallies planned across U.S. after Supreme Court defeat

USA-ELECTION/COURT

Conservative groups that allege U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole November's election from President Donald Trump are planning nationwide protests on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pro-trump-supporters-march-after-supreme-court-defeat-1.5839075?cmp=rss

Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam

Iran

Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Nour news agency reported.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-ruhollah-zam-1.5839054?cmp=rss