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2022 Refugee Manifesto Festival, “United By Hope” held in Seoul, South Korea

On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2022, Active Refugee Korea hosted a Refugee Manifesto Festival, “United By Hope” where refugees from various nationalities gathered to claim their rights, opportunities and hope in collaboration with the Korea Refugee Rights Network…

Environmental group spotlights mercury-free alternatives in a new study

QUEZON CITY, 22 June – In line with the celebration of National Poison Prevention Week, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics launches an alternatives study titled “Mercury-Free Alternatives in the Philippines: Batteries, lamps, and medical measuring devices” in a press briefing.…

Statement by the Association World without Wars and Violence Mali (WwW-Mali) on the terrorist attacks in the localities of Diallassagou, Dianweli, and Deguessagou in the circle of Bankass

The Association World without Wars and Violence Mali (WwW-Mali) has learned with dismay of the attack perpetrated by terrorists against the peaceful populations of the villages of Diallassagou, Diaweli, and Deguessagou in the Bankass circle, resulting in the death of…

Love Heals Violence: a journey into marrying diversity

From afar, Luna and Yassin look just like any other young couple. Love is what surrounds them and binds them to one another. Luna is 24, with blonde curly hair, hazelnut eyes and lots of freckles all over her face.…

Racial Scandal at the University of Essex

On 11th June, during the last night of fun at the University of Essex, one of the biggest scandals of racial profiling took place. By Anita Gillone and Carolina Gomes Layomi Coker, a 21-year-old girl from Nigeria and a final…

Progressivism triumphs in Colombia and a people that is beginning to leave 200 years of loneliness behind it

The presidential ballot in Colombia, with almost 100 percent of the polling stations counted according to the National Electoral Council, ended on Sunday 19 June with the victory of the progressive candidate Gustavo Petro for the Historical Pact, who received…

JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange: The UK approved Julian’s extradition

Friday’s announcement that the UK government approved Julian’s extradition was perhaps an expected formality, but many of you no doubt felt as we did that the news was extremely disappointing – particularly as so many press freedom organisations, including us,…

Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade

Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Workers Summit of the Americas, organized as an alternative to…

Next January 6 Hearing: How Trump and Allies Pushed States to Overturn Results

One day after Arizona’s 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s supporters, including armed protesters, converged on Maricopa County’s ballot counting center. That morning, a local congressman, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-AZ, had amplified Trump’s stolen election claims. He tweeted that Trump votes were uncounted in his…

A Glimpse of the Chin State and Beyond: One Year after the Military Coup in Myanmar 

 PART TWO: MYANMAR AFTER THE COUP   By PEN Post-Coup Political Crisis The civil war and military rule have negatively impacted the public health system and socio-economic development. Hospitals and other health care facilities have been occupied, raided, and shot…

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