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  Dear reader, This is Leni. She’s a domestic worker in Jakarta – and a strong woman. Leni’s life hasn’t always been easy. She was pressured to work around the clock – with no contract – in caring for a…

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…

In January, the Syrian government will – ostensibly – sit across the negotiating table from ‘the Syrian opposition’ to decide on the structure and make-up of a transitional government that promises to end the 5-year Syrian conflict. The ‘Syrian opposition,’…

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…

Transcript of an interview held by Fedor Kondur, Ukrainian Roma radio “Chiriklo” with Nawel Rafik-elmrini, deputy mayor of Strasbourg, in charge of European and international affairs FK: Hello! I am Kondur Fiodor and I am from Roma radio “Chiriklo” from…

Human Wrongs Watch By Fabiana Frayssinet* SAWRÉ MUYBU, Brazil , 21 December 2015 (IPS) – At dusk on the Tapajós River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River in northern Brazil, the Mundurukú indigenous people gather to bathe…

Abdullah al-Rozzi: Art under Occupation from Gaza  By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. – Some time ago we have presented the art works by Abdullah al-Rozzi as art under occupation, as an art coming from suffering, from the uterus of suffering.…

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…

Human Wrongs Watch By Fabiana Frayssinet* BELTERRA, Brazil, December 2015 (IPS) – In the northern Brazilian state of Pará, the construction of a port terminal for shipping soy out of the Amazon region has displaced thousands of small farmers from…

I have been sent on a day trip to Idomeni on a mission with PRAKSIS NGO, just a metre away from the frontier of hope. The caravan of buses carrying people, who want to leave Greece, patiently waits at the…