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Rohingya Crisis: A Call for Repatriation or Resettlement

The Rohingya people, victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing by Myanmar’s military junta, continue to face severe displacement and hardship. The internal crisis in Myanmar, particularly the renewed hostilities between the Arakan Army and the Junta, along with targeted attacks…

Antarctica’s Deep Vulnerability Exposed at 11th Scientific Conference

The 11 th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference was held in Pucón, Chile August 19-23, 2024. Fifteen-hundred academics, researchers, and scientists specializing in Antarctica met to share cutting-edge research. Reports at the conference exposed new dimensions of the Antarctic…

Korean Civil Society Calls for Government to Take Responsibility as a Major Plastic Producer, not Standing on the Sidelines

September 13, 2024 – On September 11, Uproot Plastics (a coalition organized by civil society groups based in Korea to ‘root out’ plastic problems) held a press conference urging the Korean government to take a strong stance in the upcoming…

The central role played by Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation needs to be properly and accurately recognised by science

Indigenous Peoples play an indisputable and critical role in the conservation of the planet’s biodiversity. Their lands and livelihoods sustain life in myriad forms. However, a scientific study by researchers at the ICTA-UAB published in Nature concludes that this vital…

Oil energy holding co-piloted by Russia and China?

Since alternative energies still need huge subsidies to be viable in developing countries, the practice of fracking (a kind of panacea that will solve the energy problems of humanity) Environmental concerns, and the inertia of oil assets will not allow…

On the Need to Dismantle the Settler-Colonial Bloc at the UN

WEOG, the UN grouping anchored by the Anglo countries, Israel, and European states, wields disproportionate power to undermine human rights and international law. What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and…

Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an unexpected historical pattern. This revelation was not evident…

The UN Security Council’s Astonishing Silence on Myanmar Atrocities

The United Nations Security Council should mobilize to prevent further atrocities in Myanmar. The Council’s inaction over the last few months starkly contrasts with the clear warnings from senior UN officials who are urgently ringing alarm bells. By Akshaya Kumar As…

NATO: Not A Tenable Option

Remarks on Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network webinar on August 28, 2024 When NATO gathered in Washington D.C. several weeks ago, we held a counter-summit and a rally, did a bunch of interviews, wrote a bunch of articles, etc. All the videos…

Muhammad Yunus Has Read The Writing On The Wall

Commemorating the Monsoon Revolution by the students who deposed Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, the Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus made a scornful remark. He told Delhi to shut Hasina’s mouth while living in exile in India. In an interview with…

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