From six people in Libya facing the death penalty to thousands in Israel continuing protests against the government’s plans for judicial reform, here are four international news stories you may have missed this week from Yahoo News’ partner network.
In the last week, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to demonstrate against government plans for judicial reform,. Protests began in March, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right administration announced new proposals to remove power from Israel’s Supreme Court.
The calls for democracy by Israeli protesters have put a spotlight on the human rights violations faced by Palestinian civilians just miles away. For decades, Palestinians have protested against the occupational Israeli government and the deteriorating conditions they continue to face. on Wednesday, six people in Libya are facing execution after converting from Islam to Christianity. The group of men and women were arrested in March by Libyan security forces known as the Internal Security Agency , human rights activists said.Those arrested were charged under article 207 of the penal code, which outlaws any beliefs that “alter fundamental constitutional principles, or the fundamental structures of the social order.
People in the villages located in the eastern part of the country have begun digging through the mud in a desperate attempt to find loved ones. “Since Thursday we've been finding bodies every minute and we are burying them,” Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory,The flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo is yet another example of how poorer countries in the global south suffer the immediate and catastrophic consequences of climate change. U.N.
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