Human Rights

The Australian journalist/editor is missing from the official program but activists will be distributing a pamphlet showing why his case touches everyone working in the media. They will also be handing out a flyer on the new Melzer book. By…

The French president admitted to “social anger” but argues that pension reform was essential. French President Emmanuel Macron signed into law a pension reform that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64 and extends the time of work needed…

(DIRE) “In Myanmar, the situation is tragic. The junta that has overthrown the elected government is using any means to intimidate and even kill because it knows that if it loses the war, [the empire] will crumble, an empire of…

“The number of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea is reaching levels not seen in years: from January to March of this year alone, 441 people drowned while fleeing to Europe. And these are only the confirmed cases, many more people…

Neither Léon Blum, François Mitterrand nor Lionel Jospin were extremist revolutionaries. On the contrary, they were among the leaders of French and European social democracy. However… they kept their word when it came to fighting for time to live… In…

Silo’s words that framed our project to sensitise sighted people to the group of blind people marginalised by our society: “When you do something for others, when you look for the needy, the disoriented, the dispossessed and help them to…

A guard sits on the rubble of the house of Brigadier Fouad al-Emad, an army commander loyal to the Houthis, after air strikes destroyed it in Sanaa, Yemen June 15, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombarded Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital…

2023, Argentina. In the country of the award-winning “1985”, human rights continue to be violated. 4 Mapuche women have been imprisoned for more than 6 months, crammed with their children, and accused of a crime that the law does not…

The initiative was a response to requests from students seeking more time to make new friends and “experience the beauty of love“, the schools said. Nine Chinese vocational educational institutions have granted their students a week’s holiday so they can…

It took a years-long campaign, waged in a highly repressive environment by women’s rights activists, but finally, on April 6 the Uzbek Senate unanimously approved the crime of domestic violence through an amendment to the criminal code. In addition to…