Press Releases

JUNE 29, 2022 – BAN Toxics urged President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to prioritize ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment and take action for proper chemicals and waste management in time for his upcoming inauguration. “We call on President-elect Marcos to…

More than fifty activists from different parts of Spain and linked to various anti-militarist, environmental, feminist, trade union and climate protection organisations have carried out a nonviolent direct action at the Army War College in Madrid. The groups that took…

Statement from Milagro Sala’s defence team Yesterday, in the context of a growing context of judicial political harassment, Milagro Sala was admitted to the Los Lapachos Clinic with a case of thrombosis. This happened after Sala went for routine tests…

The 8th Biennial Meeting of States of the UN Programme of Action (UN PoA) on Small Arms and Light Weapons convened today at the UN headquarters in New York City. This 2001 international agreement’s overarching goal was to reduce human suffering. Over two…

Action carried out at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, in front of Picasso’s Guernica (Image by Rebellion or Extinction and Youth for Climate) In an action for peace, activists acted out a grotesque scene to point out that war…

Threats to use nuclear weapons made this year by the Russian government have surfaced a reality long suppressed in the media and public sphere: the incredible peril posed by ongoing reliance of Russian, American, and other governments on nuclear weapons…

28 June 2022, Quezon City.  Ahead of the Philippine presidential inauguration this coming Thursday, civil society leaders made a pitch for priority action points to ensure a healthy environment and democracy under the new administration. Through a “green wish list,”…

G7 should stop promoting hunger by design and support movements for Food Sovereignty and Agroecology  Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the headlines have been dominated by the warning of a food crisis on the horizon. According to headlines, due…

The World Centre for Humanist Studies, and the Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas, CEHA, based in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and the USA, invites you to the Second International Symposium “The Sacred in the…

In line with the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month this June, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics revives its volunteer program through the launch of “BT Patrollers.”  The Bantay Toxics Patrollers (BT Patrollers) is the new external arm of the…