Cyclone Senyar has caused deadly floods and landslides in several Indonesian provinces. The toll looks set to be very heavy, and the government's (non-)risk prevention policy is once again under scrutiny. A week after the cyclone passed, it is still impossible to measure the full extent of the devastation in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. At least 961 people have lost their lives, with nearly 300 still missing, over 156,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, (…)

Le président Anura Kumara Dissanayake répète les erreurs de ses prédécesseurs dans sa réponse aux inondations et aux glissements de terrain, qui ont causé des centaines de morts. EN JANVIER 2011, j'ai rencontré V Vallipulle alors qu'elle attendait un moyen de transport pour rentrer chez elle à Vavunathivu, dans la région de Batticaloa, sur la côte est du Sri Lanka. Depuis plusieurs jours, elle ne mangeait que des pommes de terre bouillies fournies par son grama niladhari (bureau du (…)

Free Lee Cheuk-yan is an international campaign led by the global trade union movement, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Lee Cheuk-yan, a lifelong champion of workers' rights and democracy in Hong Kong. Lee, the former General Secretary of the now-dissolved Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), has been imprisoned since 2021, facing ongoing prosecution under the Law of the People's Republic of China to Safeguard National Security in Hong Kong (NSL) for (…)