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Human Wrongs Watch The UN health agency on 6 November 2014 warned that as the world population aged 60 or older will jump from some 800 million to 2 billion in the next four decades, soaring levels of chronic illness and…

  Human Wrongs Watch By Federico Mayor Zaragoza*, Other News  **Gorbachev in 1987 | President of the Soviet Union, 15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991| Wikimedia Commons November 2014 — Twenty-five years ago the initial dismantling commenced at the Berlin Wall, that…

UMBRELLA REVOLUTION DAY 40 (6 November 2014) Before I begin today’s recap, I’d like to invite you to read my article “A Guide to the Recent Protests in Hong Kong” with background information, timeline and a run down a some…

“The Government is consulting the public on the setting up of a Harbourfront Authority but both the digest and response form fail to address key concerns,” says Paul Zimmerman, CEO, Designing Hong Kong, and Member, Harbourfront Commission. “These include a…

Ashura or the 10th day of Muharram (the first month of the Hijri calendar) is an important day to the Shia Muslims of the world. Imam Husain (R), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (SM) was killed brutally on the…

We publish here the presentation by Javier Tolcachier during the first session of the International Symposium “Towards the discovery of the Human”, organised by the World Centre of Humanist Studies, Latin American chapter, in Santiago, at the premises of the…

  Human Wrongs Watch It all starts with a ball. Add an inspiring coach and a safe place to play, and the power of sport takes root. Since 2009, Just Play has helped empower and mobilize children in 11 Pacific…

  Human Wrongs Watch Aiming to develop more gender-sensitive services, a United Nations-led conference kicking off on 5 November 2014  in Geneva is spearheading a drive to ensure that weather and climate services reduce women’s vulnerability to disasters and climate…

Sittwe, 4 noviembre 2014 ( IRIN ) *  – A medida que el número de musulmanes rohingya huyen étnicas de Myanmar golpea niveles récord, las perspectivas de una solución duradera de la crisis en el estado de Rakhine de Myanmar…

  Human Wrongs Watch By Joe Dyke, Mazar-i-Sharif, 4 November 2014 (IRIN)* – In northern Afghanistan, the residents don’t often use the phrase – most don’t even know it. But as they describe how increasingly extreme weather patterns are making their lives harder…