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Julian Assange persecution: “The most dangerous threat to press freedom today”

Media organisations across the globe are marking World Press Freedom Day with a re-energised push for the release of award-winning Australian publisher Julian Assange. US President Joe Biden is facing growing pressure to drop charges against Assange as Australia’s Media…

Lebanon-Syria

The presence of displaced Syrian refugees in Lebanon is becoming a political issue in Beirut. Racist campaigns against their presence have been countered by demonstrations of solidarity. The government has made the decision to repatriate all those who are not…

Nonviolent Journalism Book Launching Events in the U.S.

This book aims to reflect the first twelve years of collective effort of a non-profit organisation run by volunteers from the fields of journalism and communication. About the book Book Launching on Saturday, May 6 at 2 PM in Kingston…

Mombasa Appeal for peace and prevention of Nuclear War

At our 23rd World Congress in Mombasa in April 2023, we, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, discussed the risks and impending consequences of the current, crisis situation on our planet. The war in Ukraine bears enormous…

EcoWaste Coalition Bares Unlawful Sale of Mercury-Contaminated Cosmetics in Caloocan City

30 April 2023, Quezon City.  Skin-lightening products banned by the health authorities for containing mercury and/or for lacking market authorization are openly sold in Caloocan City in clear defiance of national and global product safety laws and regulations. “The continuing…

Metropolitan Regional Government together with various authorities launches the programme “Leaders for nonviolence”.

With the presence of the RM Governor, Claudio Orrego; the SEREMI Education RM, Flavia Fiabane; the President of Fundación Semilla, Marcelo Trivelli; the Mayor of Quinta Normal, Karina Delfino; the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences UDLA,…

The hour of dignity

Another 24th of April… and from the Hamidian massacres of Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1894 until today… a continued and unpunished genocide by Turkey on Armenians, with an abject epicentre between the years 1915 and 1923, where in a…

Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement–Remembering Kent State and Jackson State!

MAY 4th Webinar Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement Remembering Kent State and Jackson State! Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report David Swanson, World BEYOND War And Haig Hovaness, GPAX’s Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg. Cosponsors: Green Party Peace…

Young people from G7 countries call on leaders to honour commitment to nuclear disarmament at Hiroshima summit

Youth delegates from G7 countries, meeting in Hiroshima, are calling on  G7 leaders to seize the opportunity presented by their upcoming Summit and take action on nuclear disarmament, reminding them “possession or use of nuclear weapons is illegitimate as recognized…

Environmental and Legal Experts Cite Policy Measures to Deal with Ship-Sourced Marine Pollution

27 April 2023, Quezon City.  As the devastating impact of the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress on coastal and fishing communities and the ecosystems continues to unfold, environmental and legal experts put forward important policy recommendations addressing…

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