Human Rights

By Dr. Genevieve Balance Kupang This is the 4th article of a series we are sharing about the topic. Over the past months until this October 2025, something unfolded across borders. From Nepal, Indonesia to the Philippines, with 281 participants…

Exactly one year after the collapse in Novi Sad, candles flickered once again across continents. In hundreds of cities worldwide — from almost every European capital to major cities in the Americas and Australia — the Serbian diaspora gathered under…

 by Raghu Ghimire This paper on the recent GenZ revolt in Nepal was presented during a recent regional forum, ‘Can generational movements end systemic corruption? Lessons from Nepal, Indonesia, and the Philippines.’  It depicts some vital aspects of the recent…

After a careful review and deliberation by a panel of judges composed of practicing documentary photographers, visual communications experts, and the local Walk Leader, “Tender Resilience” by Christopher D. Leyson was selected as the winning entry of the Scott Kelby’s Worldwide…

The Casablanca Declaration sends a contribution to Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children (see the contribution HERE). The previous UN Rapporteur has already recognised that surrogacy most often corresponds to child sale under international…

In the game of geopolitics, perhaps the most important rule is ‘self-interest first’. In Rakhine, Myanmar’s every internal actor, including the military junta, the civilian govt. (NLD) and the United League of Arakan (ULA) or the Arakan Army (AA) sought…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said 2,382 Mexicans have been taken into custody in the United States since January this year. During her morning press conference at the National Palace, Sheinbaum noted that 1,390 Mexicans, or around 58.3 percent…

A human rights organization revealed today that the detained Sahrawi political activist, Ahmed Sbaai, has suffered severe health complications after the administration of expired medication by the management of the Central Prison in Kénitra, Morocco. Sbaai has been detained, along…

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines – Bicol Chapter strongly condemns the shooting attack on journalist Noel Bellen Samar in Guinobatan, Albay, on Monday morning, October 20, 2025. This violent act is an affront not only to one individual but to freedom of…

The aid provided by Western governments to Israel and its genocidal policies is a fact that is out in the open. Some are ashamed, others openly display their association and complicity. Geopolitical calculations (for the domination of the Near East),…