Press Releases

Dear Reader, We wish you a joyous holiday season and want to thank you for all your support over the year. It’s easy to ignore injustices being committed against disenfranchised populations, but our Community Correspondents view it as an opportunity…

Pressenza republishes this press release by the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association on the news that Greece has passed legislation to allow same-sex partnerships. The concept of registered partnership had existed in Greece…

Forward-looking reflections In this last issue, we look back on what we have learned in 2015 and can take with us in the new year. CEO Patrick Moriarty reflects on the new Global Goals and climate change. Senior sanitation specialist…

Good news to share! After pressure from Walk Free supporters and other organisations, Norway has become the second country, after Niger, to ratify the Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention (better known as C29).1 This is important since the adopted…

Dear Friends, A total of 54 journalists are currently being held hostage worldwide, versus 40 this time last year – a 35% increase. Journalists are easy targets for radical groups such as the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front, who use…

Dear readers, I am thrilled to share with you ILRF’s new 100-page report Our Voices, Our Safety: Bangladeshi Garment Workers Speak Out. For a quick glance at the core issues it addresses, check out my short piece on Huffington Post.…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a call to the UN to take concrete action by creating the position of a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists, as November 2, 2015 will mark…

VFP Issues Press Release In Response to President Obama’s Speech This Week VFP is calling on the President to: Make diplomacy the number one priority with all interested parties and without pre-conditions. Stop the airstrikes because the Sunni leaders and…

Dear members, Yesterday a rare thing happened. Politicians stood up in parliament and said they were worried about TTIP. [1] Peter Lilley, an influential Conservative MP (who was Trade Minister under Margaret Thatcher) said: “I am especially hostile to all…

From: JAMES ROBERT DEAL ATTORNEY PLLC To:  Governor Jay Inslee, PO Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002, 360-753-4110 fax, 360-902-4111 telephone Dear Governor Inslee, On September 3, 2015, I submitted a Petition for Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of a State Administrative Rule to the…