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News published by the Pressenza Bureau in Hong Kong

Burkina Faso – reparations in and interventionists out

PRESS RELEASE For a free Burkina Faso Colonialism Reparation welcomes the recovery of freedom of Burkina Faso and calls on France not to interfere in the current stage of transition but to apologize and pay compensation for the colonial period.…

Understanding violence through children’s lives

“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect as equals. They should be allowed to grow into whoever…

Uranium extraction policy of Mongolia: the current situation

The Uranium Extraction Policy of Mongolia: The Current Situation By Selenge Lkhagvajav, head of the national movement “For a Nuclear Safe Mongolia” 1. Overall background Mongolia is located between Russia and China, two large powers. The territory of Mongolia is…

Hong Kong: a generation has been radicalized

Extract from Facebook Gordon Mathews – anthropologist at The Chinese University of Hong Kong I went to Admiralty last night, to be with my students, after the Hong Kong Federation of Students called for an escalation of protests. I went because…

From Karbala to the Islamic State

From Karbala to the Islamic State About the largest pilgrimage in the world, taking place now, and why you’ve never heard of By Sayed Mahdi al-Modarresi Original article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sayed-mahdi-almodarresi/arbaeen-pilgrimage_b_6203756.html (24 November 2014) Translation: http://www.sayed7asan.blogspot.fr This is not the Muslim Hajj,…

Court Rejects Ecuador’s Request in Chevron Case

Court Rejects Ecuador’s Request to Remove Arbitrators in Chevron Case Correa Claims Mediators Have Not Acted in “Fair, Impartial” Ways November 26, 2014 On Friday, November 21, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague rejected a request filed by the…

Ethnic Minorities: Hong Kong is Our Home

Statement earlier this month from Hong Kong’s ethnic minority community: Ethnic Minorities: Hong Kong is Our Home – Condemn violence! Oppose manipulation! No racial prejudice! We are a group of first, second and third generation ethnic minorities who have lived…

How we learned to stop playing with blocks and ban nuclear weapons

“It is in the interest of the very survival of humanity that nuclear weapons are never used again, under any circumstances.” This is the view of the 155 states that endorsed the joint statement delivered by Ambassador Dell Higgie of…

Ferguson: the safety of citizens is lost with the unaccountability of police

Events in Ferguson unfolded as most aware Americans thought they would. A white prosecutor guided a grand jury to the decision that the white policeman who shot and killed a young black male had just cause and committed no crime.…

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