Human Rights

For much of my adult life, human rights have not been a subject I merely studied. It has been a matter that hit my heart and occupied my mind. I could never treat a violation as an abstraction, because behind…

Amidst flights arriving from and departing for Tel Aviv, a sit-in organized by the Sardinian Committee for Solidarity with Palestine (Comitato Sardo di Solidarietà per la Palestina) took place at the airport on Thursday, August 13, as has happened on…

More days and weeks have passed, and the protest has entered its third month. Today, the “Flamingo Revolution” marks its 75th consecutive day. Despite the heat and the holiday season, Albania remains gripped by a mobilization that has not lost…

CONGRATULATIONS to abolitionists all over the world. August 11, 2026, will stand in history as a great day for Lebanon, which has just abolished the death penalty and provided a pioneering model in the region. After a 22-year de facto…

After 76 days of peaceful protest against the government and development projects linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the Flamingo Revolution movement awaits the arrival of hundreds of diaspora members on August 14, 15, and 16, who will join…

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite force in Bangladesh, alongside the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), has implemented maximum security measures across the country, including the capital Dhaka, surrounding the anniversary of the assassination of…

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) Humanist Movement, Bangladesh Chapter has finalized a comprehensive series of national programs to mark the global campaign ‘4th World March for Peace and Nonviolence in My City- 2026’, scheduled to take place worldwide from September…

Letter back to Mark Zuckerberg, who wrote to the whole world in order to look at no one. I return to you your favorite word, that “everyone,” and with it I turn the planet around —from China to America, counterclockwise—…

Faced with the threat of cuts to labor rights, included in the request for legislative powers by Keiko Fujimori’s government, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) called for a peaceful march on August 13. Thousands of workers from…

After the acquittal of all 40 alleged accused by the court, the case regarding the alleged mass killing of five Dalits in Dangawas, Rajasthan—which occurred 11 years ago—is back in the headlines with anger and resentment. On August 12, 2026,…