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BREAKING: 5 Peace Activists Arrested For Disrupting UNRWA Hearing, Demand Humanitarian Aid for Gaza

Five peace activists were arrested today as CODEPINK and other organizations disrupted the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled “UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency’s Mission and Failures.” The protest aimed to draw attention to the urgent need for humanitarian aid…

Gaza Genocide Denounced at the World Court; Now We Must Stop It!

The government of Algeria announced over the weekend that it has requested that the UN Security Council be urgently convened this coming Wednesday, Jan. 31, to give “binding effect” to the historic Jan. 26 decision of the International Court of…

Stop torture and inhumane treatment at Europe’s borders

Launched a European mobilization by associations, movements, committees, parties, activists, volunteers, activists with the instrument of the ECI, the European Citizens’ Initiative. We are activists of Stop Border Violence, an Association formed in January last year, to promote an ECI…

Assassinate UNRWA, US and EU retaliation after the Hague Court verdict

Since 1948, since the Nakba, the United Nations has created an agency, UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) which has guaranteed relief, development, education, health care, social services, and aid emergencies to…

“We Charge You With Genocide”: NYC Activists Demand an End to U.S. Complicity in Israel’s Genocide on Gaza

Pro-Palestine activists with the Shut It Down For Palestine coalition marched today through Manhattan to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and an end to all U.S. funding of Israel. Yesterday, the International Court of Justice affirmed what we…

Diane Sare: The Congressional Wall of Shame – Why I Stand with South Africa and the Actual Interest of the United States of America

By the time this statement appears in print, the International Court of Justice will likely have delivered its decision on the South African Application filed on December 29, 2023 with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Israel with the…

International Court of Justice Rules That Israel Must Cease Fire

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza — cease committing and inciting genocidal acts — and that the case charging Israel with genocide must proceed. This was a make or break moment…

Spain condemned for illegally returning migrant minors

The Administrative Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court has condemned Spain for the return of eight unaccompanied migrant minors in August 2021. This followed the migration crisis in May of the same year, in which approximately 12,000 people, including more…

A Crucial Hearing as Journalists Under Siege in Greece

Comprehensive Action Needed to Tackle Anti-Media Lawsuits By Eva Cossé The first court hearing in a defamation lawsuit against two media outlets and three journalists who played a pivotal role in exposing Greece’s major surveillance scandal is set to begin on January…

Conference in Paris on the pilot plan for universal basic income in Catalonia: What impact will its implementation have on mental health?

Mental health is the foundation of individual wellbeing and the basis of a well-functioning society. This state evolves according to both personal and external factors, the socio-economic context and even climate change. The quality of urban (and rural) life therefore…

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