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Geneva: After putting numerous troubles for professional media persons in Bangladesh with brutal laws in the background of relentless socio-political turmoil in the last few decades, the current interim government in Dhaka, headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, starts…

Baloch human rights and political activist Aomar Karim brought attention to the ongoing issues in Balochistan during his participation in the “Solidarity with Ukraine” and Trade Union Congress (TUC) conference in London. In his address, Aomar Karim outlined the campaign’s…

Joint Statement by Human Rights and Civil Society Organisations (Brussels, September 11, 2024) – It is critically important for members of the newly elected European Parliament to renew the mandate of its Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup, 42 human rights and civil society organizations including Human Rights Watch…

On the occasion of a recent road trip to the Western Balkans, Mariannella Kloka and Efi Pavlogergatou interview the journalist Milka Tadić Mijović about Montenegro’s past and present. Milka Tadić Mijović became internationally known as an activist during the turbulent…

While U.S. weapons shipments to Israel violate numerous laws, so do its arms shipments elsewhere — and nowhere is there a moral case for them. The weapons business accounts for over a half million deaths per year on average, as…

The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is usually labeled as the “golden age” of the European imperialistic expansion and the making of the greater…

The article highlights the need for a pardon to unwind the dangerous precedent set by Julian’s conviction and enable him to move forward with his life. “To gain his freedom back, he had to agree to become a convicted criminal.…

On September 21, the people of Sri Lanka have elections to vote for a new president for a five-year term. Since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, there have been successive conservative governments, more or less authoritarian and…

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…

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…