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U.N. Rights Commissioner blasts harsh treatment of refugees
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 2015 (IPS) – As the flow of migrants continues to rise – from war-ravaged countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa to Europe – so do the horror stories of the harsh…
Philippines: Lumad people under threat by Australia’s Xstrata Copper company
I live in the Philippines and am of the indigenous people, the Lumad. We have a proud culture and self-reliant communities in the lush forests, clear waters, and rugged mountain ranges of the island of Mindanao. But in my community,…
US foreign policy – destabilisation vs neo-colonialism
ProMosaik e.V. interviews Journalist Caleb T. Maupin by Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. Caleb Maupin is a journalist and political analyst who resides in New York City focusing his coverage on US foreign policy and the global system of monopoly capitalism…
Hong Kong – rich compost from food slops
Mui Wo’s food waste recycling scheme is co-ordinated by Anne Leung, Yin-ling who is the business development division officer of The Hong Kong Outlying Islands Women’s Association (OIWA) at Sunny Centre, on Rural Committee Road in Mui Wo, Lantau Island,…
Bernie Sanders: good old wine in a good old bottle
Post Office banking makes a lot of sense wherever in the world, surely in the US of A where Bernie Sanders has voice and somewhere between 20 to 40 percent of the population has to rely on cheque-cashing or payday-lending…
UK LGBT Muslims receive hostility and support at launch of solidarity campaign
East London Muslims divided over accepting Muslims who are LGBT There was a mix of hostility and support from local Muslims when the LGBT-Muslim Solidarity campaign was launched with a street stall and pavement discussion in Tower Hamlets, East London,…
Iceland jails dozens of corrupt bankers for 74 years
In stark contrast to the record low number of prosecutions of CEO’s and high-level financial executives in the U.S., Iceland has just sentenced 26 bankers to a combined 74 years in prison. The majority of those convicted have been sentenced…
US approach to nuclear disarmament: blame the victim
At some point between the NPT Review Conference in May and the general debate of First Committee, the United States decided to rebrand its preferred “step-by-step approach” to nuclear disarmament as the “full-spectrum approach”. Like before, it contrasts this approach…
Iran – Inside, history, relations with the West and the nuclear treaty
TFF PressInfo # 346 Lund, Sweden, October 21, 2015 It is with pleasure we send you ten recent articles about Iran, the West and the background to the treaty concluded about Iran’s nuclear technology. They are written by Dr. Farhang…
Tip of iceberg? EU rules against sweetheart tax deals for corporations
All companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax,’ says European Commission by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Striking a blow against sweetheart tax deals that unfairly benefit large multinational corporations, the…
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