Nonviolence

We have lost an Andalusian deeply rooted in his homeland yet possessing a universal outlook. Interview by Álvaro Orús below The humanist Luis Silva García (1964–2026) has departed to another place and another time: a committed father, a loyal brother,…

In Kiev, I met up with Yurii Sheliazhenko, recently released after arbitrary detention; we met up with another conscientious objector, Oleksandr Ivanov, a pacifist and Quaker. Oleksandr was born in Donetsk and has lived in Kiev since 2015, when the…

What will it take for the world to call things by their name? How many houses were demolished? How many schools shut down? How many Palestinians have been killed with no one held to account? How many villages emptied into…

On April 1, a manifesto was released stating that, in the face of hatred, “radical kindness is the most dangerous act we can uphold.” Here is the link to sign it: Manifesto for Radical Kindness https://resist.es/peticiones/manifiesto-por-la-bondad-radical/ At Resist.es and Spanish…

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved a legal framework enabling the imposition of life sentences on children and adolescents starting from the age of 12. This is not a technical adjustment within the penal system. It is a…

The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front…

In a time when the world feels increasingly unstable—borders tense with uncertainty, conflicts brewing between nations like Iran and Israel, and fear spreading across societies—there are still individuals who choose courage over comfort, and hope over despair. Pakistan today faces…

By Kimberley Khasiala Photos by Kimberley Khasiala & Hamisi Omolo What if, just for a moment, Africa felt like one big home filled with music, stories, and shared dreams? What happens when music becomes a language everyone understands, even without…

As far as we can go back in human history always violence was at the core of human action, with sporadic moments of enlightenment brought by Messengers to help humankind on its predestined path towards the elimination of all forms…

The undersigned organisations are shocked by the detention and deprivation of liberty of human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko, today March 19th, by the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv. This is just weeks after a joint call to the authorities to withdraw from…