Human Rights

Yurii Sheliazhenko has been formally charged by the Ukrainian government with the crime of justifying Russian aggression. The evidence is this statement which explicitly condemns Russian aggression. About Yurii. Please sign the petition. To: Ukrainian Government We call on you…

On the 29th of July 2023 the Hellenic police announced an investigation into 21 people including members of NGOs involved in supporting asylum seekers arriving in Lesvos. Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, referred to this…

Countries in both Africa and the Caribbean, which have been or remain British colonies, commemorate Emancipation Day every August 1st, remembering the passing in 1834 of the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire and all its…

On the occasion of the International Day Against Trafficking of 30 July, the Pope John XXIII Community has released the report “The new faces of people trapped in trafficking” on its website Here is a summary. The faces of trafficking…

In order to minimise their own responsibility for the 1973 coup d’état, the right wing says (in the words of Marcela Cubillos) “as long as the left does not admit its responsibility for the collapse of democracy that preceded the…

In its verdict, the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature condemned the Mexican state to the definitive suspension of the Mayan Train with all its components, as well as the demilitarisation of indigenous territories, for the violations of the…

During the summit of finance and treasury ministers from countries in the region, more than 50 organisations – among them the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE) – presented today (27th) a letter with ten recommendations to…

As the July 29 one-year anniversary of the FBI raids on properties belonging to the African People’s Socialist Party, its solidarity committee and the Uhuru Movement passes, the US Peace Council condemns the violent and illegal state attack on the…

Due to Russia’s exit, the agreement on the unblocking of Ukrainian wheat exports that entered into force a year ago is canceled, but up to now 80% of exports that have passed through the Black Sea have been taken up…

A thin red line unites different countries that do not want to recognize the right to alternative civil service for those who, for ethical or religious reasons, refuse to perform military service. After mentioning the “strange case of South Korea,”…