Peace

9 May 2026, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition has condemned the arrest and detention of four Filipino activists from Greenpeace Southeast Asia on May 8 after peaceably calling on the ASEAN leaders to end plastic pollution and the region’s dependence…

AN INVITATION TO JOIN  Today, the world is facing a multitude of overlapping and mutually reinforcing crises – an increase in militarization, new wars and violent conflicts, the continuation of long-standing disputes, the climate crisis, growing social and economic inequalities,…

In 1870, Julia Ward Howe penned her “Mother’s Day Proclamation,” calling for peace. Her words still ring with truth, calling us not to raise our children to kill another mother’s child but rather to gather together to “promote the alliance…

By Mynul Hasan Sohel (From London for Pressenza Dhaka Bureau) My recent visit to London, following a special invitation from the British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI), was more than just a professional trip; it was a unique blend…

A Commitment to Building a Gender-Sensitive Society by Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) A new integrated network and platform has been launched in Bangladesh to foster an inclusive and gender-sensitive economic environment and to ensure sustainable development and social justice. At…

Please find below the thank-you letter from the financial team coordinating Pressenza’s annual fundraising campaign. I would like to join in expressing my deep gratitude and also highlight that the English edition raised 30% more than in previous years. This…

By Masum Parvez Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The history of civilization is essentially a struggle between two parallel streams. On one side lies humanity’s eternal aspiration for peace, dignity, and coexistence; on the other is the state machinery’s perennial obsession with…

This Arab-Israeli peace movement never ceases to amaze us. Week after week it is reclaiming the streets, with a large number of demonstrations taking place at the same time on the evening of Saturday, April 11: beside the main protests…

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…

“We witness the attempted abolition of the West’s relatively free media and open democratic debate about international affairs. War is peace, aggression is defence. The Internet and social media are no longer the open, decentralised public sphere they were twenty…