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South Korea is hosting the first-ever Korea-Africa Summit since the Korean government was founded in 1948 by inviting delegations from 48 African countries, about 30 of whom were state leaders. During the summit’s opening on Tuesday morning, June 4, 2024,…

On 28 May 1998, the Baloch National Movement’s Netherlands chapter organized a rally and demonstration in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. The rally started in front of Amsterdam Central Station and proceeded to Dam Square. BNM members chanted…

Men and women who have been thinking for months about what to do in response to this endless loss of life, respect, love, joy, and humanity. How to oppose, how to be heard, seen, how to put grains of sand…

Faced with the alarming situation of violence spreading across the planet and threatening to trigger a global armed conflict, even with the use of nuclear weapons, the World Humanist Forum invites to an in-depth dialogue that will help people to…

The arrests of nine students during a March 26 protest at Stony Brook University (SBU) have prompted calls by SBU faculty for an investigation into why the arrests took place and how student dissent is policed on campus. By Susan…

“We are addressing you as Greeks and as Europeans. Not as supplicants, but as citizens with self-evident rights. We address ourselves with confidence to people who both care and can change things.” -Maria Karystianou With 1.3 million signatures and a…

The annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) meets in March each year to address the widespread inequalities, violence, and discrimination women continue to face. Several ESCR-Net members joined demonstrations that took place at the United Nations headquarters…

Outraged about all the innocents being slaughtered in Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and the build-up for war in China/Taiwan?  Thank you.  Most of these below represent the armaments, bombs, guidance systems, and “intelligence” skill sets being sent to these regions.  It is…

Today, amidst chilling temperatures, passionate supporters of journalist Julian Assange gathered outside the UK Consulate in New York City. Organized by various groups including NYC Free Assange, Assange Defense, and CODEPINK, the rally aimed to draw attention to Assange’s high-stakes…

It is different to think “abstractly” of twenty-seven thousand people, as if it were just another conceptual datum, a quantity, a price, a distance…. than to represent twenty-seven thousand human beings, each one with his or her very particular characteristics,…