Human Rights

Manila, Philippines — Hundreds of residents, environmental advocates, and urban poor groups gathered in Smokey Mountain, Tondo, as part of Earth Month actions to oppose the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerator, warning that the project threatens community health, livelihoods, and the right…

This Arab-Israeli peace movement never ceases to amaze us. Week after week it is reclaiming the streets, with a large number of demonstrations taking place at the same time on the evening of Saturday, April 11: beside the main protests…

by Khalid Ahmed (Dhaka Bureau) Just seven days after the change of power in Bangladesh, an unprecedented situation has emerged. Hundreds of allegations of corruption and irregularities against almost all members of the recently departed interim government, including former Chief…

by Jag Mohan Thaken UNESCO Director-General, Khaled El-Enany, on April 8, 2026, while condemning the killing of journalist Juan David Gámez in Mexico, said, “I condemn the killing of Juan David Gámez and call for a thorough investigation into his…

On April 6th, the Anti Fascist Football Coalition, a group of grassroots organizations in the three World Cup host countries – the U.S., Mexico, and Canada – delivered a petition to FIFA (signed by prominent individuals and organizations from every part of the…

By Zahida Parvez Chhanda Bangladesh’s Law Minister, Md. Asaduzzaman, has stated that no incidents of extrajudicial killings (commonly known as ‘crossfires’) or enforced disappearances have occurred in the country during the 42 days since the new government took office. He…

A week after the third major protest of the No Kings movement, activists are busy like bees. Events are numerous across the country: the event at Bixby Park in Long Beach commemorates the thousands of deaths in Gaza and the…

There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of Bangladesh. It is a country defined by fertile land—built by rivers, sustained by sediment, and historically capable of feeding millions. Yet today, that same land is steadily losing its ability to…

Israel tortured a one-year-old baby. They burned him with cigarettes and drove nails through his feet as a form of torture during his father’s interrogation. This isn’t some twisted, made-up movie scene; this is real life. And it’s the one…

ENOUGH! How can you continue to accept that your president can announce his intention to “reduce to the Stone Age” a country, Iran, inhabited by approximately 100 million people, after having bombed it, by surprise and unilaterally, and publicly admitted…