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The UK’s relations with Hong Kong: 30 years after the Joint Declaration – Wednesday 17 December 2014 – ordered by the House of Commons to be published on 17 December 2014, notes taken from that telephon regarding accreditation of journalists…

  The Mekong River means life: stop the Don Sahong Dam The Mekong is the lifeblood of Southeast Asia (photo: International Rivers) Dear friends of the rainforests, Millions of lives throughout Southeast Asia are intricately entwined with the Mekong River…

An announcement of the Humanist Party, Belgium, tells of its priorities and the tasks that lie ahead in these troubled times and as stated, activists must know how to prioritize and not get caught up in secondary issues. The text…

When Fernando first landed in India, in February 1979, little did he realize that our country would eventually become a very important part of his life. This new environment was a shock for every one of his senses. Sight, smell,…

Barbara Lee, Member of Congress (USA), member of the Democratic Party, sent a circular to her supporters… “Yesterday we celebrated a long-awaited, long-overdue moral and diplomatic victory in our relationship with Cuba. I have met with Alan Gross many times…

Press release We have two very exciting pieces of news about our cocoa campaign from this week that will help us continue pushing for an end to child labor in this sector. First, ILRF released a new report analyzing the…

School children in Jammu (Kashmir) observe two-minutes of silence and light candles to pray for the victims who were killed in the attack at the army run school in Peshawar, Pakistan, during the school’s Annual Day – on Wednesday, 17…

Today, East Asia stands at the crossroads, not least due to Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s efforts to accelerate the long-pursued attempts by the Liberal Democratic Party to change Japan’s peace constitution – and more specifically, its Article 9 that renounces…

The court rejected 56-year old conscientious objector Ali Fikri Isik’s demand for a change of judge. Ali Fikri was asked whether he wanted to change his plea but he reiterated what he had said in the previous courts – that…

On occasion a reader will ask if I can give readers some good news. The answer is: not unless I lie to you like “your” government and the mainstream media do. If you want faked “good news,” you need to…