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On Being Palestinian

Proud to carry an origin on my shoulders that does not weigh me down, but propels me forward. To be Palestinian is to be born with a legacy of history, land, and wind, and to feel it, vibrate, even when…

Israel, protesters from Mesarvot Network chant in solidarity with refusers Yuval Peleg and A’

Over 50 activists from the Mesarvot Network and Yesh Gvul are demonstrating outside Military Prison No. 10 in central Israel, where Yuval Peleg has been imprisoned for 130 days and A’ is serving a first 30-day sentence, both for refusing…

The Right to Be Human

Only when we truly understand what it means to be human will we resolve our conflicts and transform our relationship with ourselves, with one another, and with our so-called “natural” environment. To be human is to have the right to…

BAN Toxics Leads ‘Iwas Paputok’ Campaign for Safe, Toxics-Free Holiday Celebrations

Quezon City — Environmental justice group BAN Toxics, in partnership with Payatas B Elementary School, launched its annual school-based Toxics-Free and Waste-Free “Iwas Paputok” Campaign. An estimated 2,000 participants joined the activity, including students, teachers, parents, and community members, alongside…

Caning The Protesting Farmers: How Justifiable Is It To Suppress Their Voice?

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day celebration, the Indian President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said, “There is no peace without justice and there is no justice without peace”. But on the other hand, the Rajasthan government was finding a…

EcoWaste Coalition Shares Its Advocacy vs. Mercury in Skin Lightening Products at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya

11 December 2025, Quezon City. On December 10, Human Rights Day, the EcoWaste Coalition had the opportunity to share its advocacy campaign on mercury in skin lightening products at a side event on “Toxic Skin Bleaching: A Growing Global Health…

America Has To Make a Choice

The Choice Between Two Systems of Governance Considering the unsteady quality of most corporate, ie: “mainstream” journalism these days, many people in the Collective West, in the US, Australia, Canada and much of Europe, aren’t aware of the immense changes…

Will the 15th Press Council avoid working journalists & editors as members?   

It may be amazing, but true that the largest democracy on Earth continues waiting for a fully functioning government-sponsored media watchdog for more than a year now. Press Council of India (PCI), a quasi-judicial body, which was initiated to safeguard…

Universal Human Rights Form Bedrock of a Just, Equitable and Compassionate Society: President Murmu

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that Human Rights Day is an occasion to remind us that the universal human…

The Obsolete Engine: How Pakistan’s Profit-Driven Education System is Failing Our Future

In the heart of Pakistan’s societal crisis lies an education system running on fumes. It is a system profoundly misaligned with our cultural values, utterly unfit for the challenges of the 21st century, and obsessively modelled on the industrial paradigms…

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