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George Carlin’s Obedient America

“They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the…

Caning The Protesting Farmers: How Justifiable Is It To Suppress Their Voice?

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day celebration, the Indian President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said, “There is no peace without justice and there is no justice without peace”. But on the other hand, the Rajasthan government was finding a…

Universal Human Rights Form Bedrock of a Just, Equitable and Compassionate Society: President Murmu

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that Human Rights Day is an occasion to remind us that the universal human…

54 Years after Independence, Birangonas of ’71 are Struggling in Brothels

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau): Many Birangonas (female war heroes/victims) who were subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistani occupying forces and their collaborators (Razakars) during the Great Liberation War could not return to their families. Due to negative societal…

Myanmar: PEC Demands Release Of All Scribes Before Polls 

Geneva, 7 December 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, urges the military regime of Myanmar to release all media professionals before the proposed multi-phase elections starting on 28 December. The forum also insisted on…

Chasing Hope Behind the Sun: The Invisible Balochistan

Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest yet most neglected province. It stretches across the country’s southwestern edge, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, with a long coastline on the Sea of Oman—conditions that could have made it a corridor of development and stability. Instead,…

The Filipino Diaspora Hopes for a Corruption-Free Homeland

by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas* November 30 is Bonifacio Day in the Philippines and among many Filipinos in British Columbia, Canada. Andres Bonifacio, after whom the national celebration is held every year, is one of the Philippines’ heroes whose…

Seoul City Awards 17 Foreign Nationals Honorary Citizenship

On November 26, 2025, the Seoul Metropolitan Government awarded honorary citizenship to 17 foreign nationals from 16 countries in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the city. The ceremony, held at Seoul City Hall, was attended by Vice Mayor Kim…

Guinea-Bissau: An Urgent Appeal for Legality and Peace

PRESS RELEASE An Urgent Appeal for the Rule of Law and Peace! Since the announcement of the alleged military coup on November 26, 2025, the constitutional order of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau has been violently gravely undermined by a succession…

Why Are The Indian Farmers Furious Over The New Labour Codes?

To oppose the implementation of New Labour Codes, made effective since 21st November, A Nationwide Massive Protest was organised jointly on 26th November, 2025 by the Trade Unions and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a major union of farmers, in more…

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