Jamaica Labour Party wins decisive second term in office amidst low voter turnout and COVID-19 fears · Global Voices

Voter turnout was just 35 percent Prime minister-elect, Andrew Holness, talks to the Jamaica Gleaner about his party’s win in the September 3 general election. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was returned to government by a landslide. Screenshot taken from the Jamaica Gleaner’s YouTube video “#JaVotes2020: Andrew Holness returns asContinue Reading

A family member of a victim commemorates enforced disappearance at the Raddoluwa Missing Persons Memorial in Seeduwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka. Image via Flickr by Vikalpa. CC BY 2.0

Many of the events faced restrictions and intimidation A Sri Lankan woman pays tribute to a relative at the Raddoluwa Missing Persons Memorial in Seeduwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka. Photo from 2013 by Flickr user Vikalpa. CC BY 2.0. Family members of forcibly disappeared people in Sri Lanka gathered in severalContinue Reading