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[Our agency publishes the full statement of the Campaign for Access to Asylum, which is placed in the indictment against Panagiotis Dimitras, a well-known lawyer and founding member of the Greek Observatory of the Helsinki Accords – EAPA. Dimitras is…

Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics sounded the alarm over the selling of “Giant Piccolo” in the market. Piccolo has been marked as one of the prohibited firecrackers for the past years and is one of the main culprits of firecracker-related…

21 December 2022, Quezon City.  As Christmas draws closer, a waste and pollution watchdog group appealed for public cooperation to lessen the environmental impact of the much-anticipated festive celebration. At an event held yesterday at the San Pablo Apostol Parish…

Metrorail, one of the mega projects of the government, is no longer a dream but a visible reality. Its trial run has started last year. The train started from Diabari in the capital and returned to the depot through Pallavi.…

Americans are being slammed by a “tripledemic” this holiday season as three major respiratory illnesses—COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—are spreading at indoor gatherings. Hospitals are once more in danger of running out of beds, and the Biden administration has…

In the 1950’s, Algerian freedom fighters rose up against the French occupation, leading the way for other freedom fighters across Africa to gain independence from France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Dutch, and Great Britain . One after another starting in 1954,…

When we think of the idea of a cultural centre, images come to mind of live music, plays, art exhibitions, performances and an audience eager for new experiences that help them appreciate the intensity and beauty of existence. When we…

Decisive steps were taken today in the trial of the crew members of the civil rescue ship Iuventa, who face up to 20 years in prison for “aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration” and whose ship has been impounded in the port…

The deputy and president of Acción Humanista declared that “nothing prevents the holding of town meetings, assemblies, debates, mechanisms to gather proposals and opinions” from the social world and the citizenry for the drafting of a new Constitution. He also…

On Tuesday 13 December, the third title in the Defender collection was launched, Defender el territorio, published by the organisation Somos Defensores and the project Hacemos Memoria of the University of Antioquia. The text presents eight stories written by journalists…