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A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: AHRC Welcomes People’s Victory and Calls for CJ’s Resignation / Impeachment  A decisive new stage in the political life of Sri Lanka has arisen as a result of the people’s…

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The Universal Humanist Current of Pedagogy (COPEHU using its initials in Spanish) will hold their third “International Gathering towards Humanising Education” in the Park of Study and Reflection, Punta de Vacas (Mendoza, Argentina) from the 9th to the 11th of…

We, as concerned and democratic citizens of India, and the US, welcome the coming together of two of the largest democracies of the world to work together to protect the rights of their citizens and their biodiversity. Both nations were…

There was an article on Countercurrents.org titled: Political Activism, Democracy And Kashmiri Youth, by Imran Khan (5 January, 2015) speaking about Kashmir youth and the place’s political field. “… We all know that from 90s till now all the college…

Despite freezing cold weather (-11C/12F) people rallied in NYC at Union Square to stand in solidarity with the victims of the terror attack against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday morning.            …

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission WORLD/SRI LANKA:   Death threats issues to three human rights activists Today, on 7th January 2015, three human rights activists have received death threats over telephone ( Click here to listen the…

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA/PAKISTAN: Formation of military courts not a solution but an illusion   Yesterday, 6th January 2015, the National Assembly of Pakistan passed an amendment to the Constitution allowing the formation of military…

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr for IPS This is the third of three articles written by Robert F. Kennedy – son of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy – which address relations…

Human Wrongs Watch With the deadline for the unconditional surrender of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) having passed on 2 January, and no significant additional surrenders of FDLR combatants registered since June, the United Nations Stabilization…