Human Rights

More than 100 activists and trade unionists, along with four Members of the European Parliament, representing an international solidarity network spanning 19 countries—including Italy, Morocco, France, Switzerland, Greece, and Spain—landed at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, carrying humanitarian…

by Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) Human rights organization Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has expressed deep concern and indignation over the increasing incidents of sexual violence against children in Bangladesh. Following the recent rape of a 10-year-old student at a madrasa…

Florence Stratton has been for many years an activist in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has recently received the Ursula Franklin Award of Excellence from the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) for her persistent work for peace and justice.…

by Genevieve Balance Kupang I. The First Encounter I met you not in Frankfurt, not in Starnberg’s quiet light, but in the humid heart of Manila, where the air was thick with the scent of mimeographed pages and the restless…

Demand for an ‘Independent Safe Food Commission’ Intensifies By Mohammed Kawser Ahamed (Dhaka Bureau) A silent killer is spreading across the plates of 160 million people in Bangladesh. From rice, pulses, and fish to infant formula, toxic chemicals have infiltrated…

By Maxine Lowy Lessons from the Trials of Nazi Criminals for the Chilean Debate on Leniency for Convicted Human Rights Violators Teun de Groot was a bicycle mechanic from Voorschoten, a small town in the western region of the Netherlands.…

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) The active participation and leadership of women in politics are prerequisites for establishing a truly democratic and just society. However, current realities suggest that despite having legal frameworks, a lack of implementation and structural discrimination…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh may confront a cascade of economic challenges if the war involving Iran escalates or drags on, analysts and former officials say, warning that turmoil across the Middle East already shows early signs of…

ProMosaik LAPH published the first two parts of the collection “A New Analysis of Women’s Rights from the Perspective of the Holy Quran” entitled “Echoes of Justice”, including seven articles about social equality of men and women in Islam based…

“No war is worth a child’s life.” For centuries, human history has been told as a succession of wars, conquests, and conflicts, as if violence were the natural language of our species. Empires rising and falling, decisive battles, and rivalries…