IDBI Bank employees plan a nationwide hunger strike on March 9 to oppose proposed privatization and demand job security.

With dark circles under their eyes and feeling weak but angry, about a dozen female relatives of Venezuelan political ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Relatives of Venezuelan prisoners went on hunger strike on Saturday to demand the freedom of their loved ones as politicians in the South American nation debate an amnesty law for ...

The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in December after being given leave from prison for medical treatment.

The protest has escalated in a Caracas prison after Jorge Rodríguez promised the freedom of all inmates 10 days ago ...

The activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to seven more years, bringing the total she must serve to 17 years, her foundation said.