(2020-12-24). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thousands of migrants lose shelter, after camp destroyed in fire. news.un.org The closure and subsequent fire, on Wednesday, at a migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina has left thousands of migrants without shelter and protection, amid plummeting winter temperatures, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported.
(2020-12-23). COVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers' struggle. workers.org 
Texas "It's a nonviolent protest going on right now because the officers [in an unnamed Texas prison], in the middle of the coronavirus, have refused us electricity for several hours, no showers or anything." The voice is that of an incarcerated human being on video taken inside a Texas prison. . . . |
(2020-12-23). Covid-19 testing starts for thousands of hauliers trapped in UK after France shut border over mutant virus strain. rt.com 
Thousands of lorry drivers stranded in southern England, waiting to enter France, have started being tested for Covid-19 in an operation involving British soldiers, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday. | The French government is among at least 50 countries to keep its borders to the UK shut this week after British scientists discovered that a mutated form of coronavirus had been spreading across the country. | "Testing has begun as we look to get traffic moving again between the UK and France," Shapps said in a statement on Twitter. | "However, French border police [are] only acting on agreem…
(2020-12-23). France to reward immigrant frontline workers with fast-tracked citizenship. laprensalatina.com Paris, Dec 23 (efe-epa).- Hundreds of immigrants to France who have been working on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country will be given fast-tracked citizenship as a reward from the French government for their efforts and sacrifice. So far 74 people have acquired French nationality, while a further 693 were in the …
(2020-12-23). Don't Blame the Soviets for the War in Nagorno-Karabakh. dissidentvoice.org In the final week of September, an Azerbaijani offensive renewed hostilities in the perennial armed conflict and territorial dispute in the South Caucasus between Armenia and its neighbor over the Nagorno-Karabakh ("Mountainous Karabakh") region. By October, the clashes had escalated past the state border between Azerbaijan and the internationally-unrecognized Republic of Artsakh which suffered heavy …
(2020-12-23). The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERD) and the Quest for African Unity. globalresearch.ca Since November 4, the focus of the international community in their observations of the internal conflict in Ethiopia has largely been centered on the central government's suppression of a rebellion against its authority in the northern region of Tigray. | Within …
(2020-12-22). Efforts continue to resolve Channel crossing coronavirus crisis. thecanary.co 
Crisis talks with France will continue in an effort to resume trade flows across the Channel amid warnings that the border must be running again by Wednesday to avoid disruption to food supplies.More than 1,500 lorries are backed up in Kent, unable to make the crossing to France, with drivers having spent a second night sleeping in their cabs.Home secretary Priti Patel said the government is "speaking constantly" with France to achieve a resolution "in both our interests" to get freight moving again. And she defended the government's handling of the pandemic, insisting ministers had been "ahead of the curve" in t…
(2020-12-22). US offers mediation between Lebanon and Israel following stalemate. middleeasteye.net 
US offers mediation between Lebanon and Israel following stalemate | Unprecedented talks over a long-running maritime border dispute have yet to make progress | Tue, 12/22/2020 – 15: 00 | The southernmost stretch of Lebanese coastline, by the town of Naqura, near the border with Israel (AFP) | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday expressed Washington's readiness to mediate in the n…
(2020-12-22). Anthony Fauci Advises Americans to Assume New COVID-19 Variant Is Already in US. sputniknews.com Countries across the globe have closed their borders to Britain after health experts revealed last week that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has emerged in the country. The new variant is believed to be about 70% more contagious than other strains.
(2020-12-22). Solidarity with the trade unionists in the Philippines, Human Rights Day 7. fightbacknews.org We strongly condemn the repression that has been unleashed against leading trade unionists in the Philippines and stand in solidarity with the militant labor federation Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) / May First Movement. | On Human Rights Day, December 10, the Philippine National Police raided the homes and jailed Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines; Romina Astudillo, Deputy Secretary-General of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Metro Manila; Mark Ryan Cruz, Regional Executive Committee of KMU-Metro Manila; Jaymie Gregorio Jr. of KMU-Metro Manila; Joel Demate of Solidarity of Labor Rights and Welfare (SOLAR); Rodrigo Esparago o…
(2020-12-22). Dreamers Deserve a Path To Citizenship. commondreams.org DACA changed my life. But after four years of fear, it's clear that undocumented young people need more protection. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dreamers_0.jpg …
