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World Refugee Day 2022
By the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. Each year on June 20, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This year, the focus will be on the right to seek safety. Every person on this planet has a right to seek safety…
June 23 Oakland Protest Against Barbara Lee’s Vote for $40 billion to fund War in Ukraine. Join Us.
On Thursday June 23 people will gather outside Rep Barbara Lee’s office in Oakland at 11:30 am to protest her recent vote for $40 billion for the war in Ukraine. The demonstration is called in conjunction with the International Day…
A glimpse of the Chin State and Beyond: One Year after the Military Coup in Myanmar
PART ONE: MYANMAR BEFORE AND DURING THE 2021 COUP By PEN Background Since the coup seized power in 2021, the military announced a state of emergency for one year, extended it up to 2023 and established the so-called…
PEC demands actions against Bangladesh scribe killers
Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the police inaction to nab the killers of Dhaka-based television journalist Abdul Bari, who was found dead on the bank of Hatirjheel lake in Gulshan area…
More power to the police, less rights for citizens: is Brazil really a democratic state?
As I write this text, my heart trembles with pain, fear, and a sense of impotence… Under the justification of “establishing a minimum standard of conduct for citizens during a police approach”, federal deputy Bibo Nunes (PL-RS) presented bill 5610/2019,…
Sensibility
With only a few days to go before the second round, the public is already clear about the good, the bad and the ugly of the candidates and their programmes, the dilemma behind each blank vote and the irresponsibility implicit…
Writers and artists from community-based arts and culture groups to hold an online fundraiser for affected communities of Mt. Bulusan eruption
Writers from Rhymes of PEG and new members of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, Bicol Chapter, will be conducting an online fundraising event for the affected barangays of Sorsogon caused by the eruption of the Bulusan Volcano. The said…
Youth group takes their part to protect the environment
As part of Environment Month celebration, the Environment Stewards Organization (ESO), a youth organization from T’boli National High School South Cotabato City spearheaded an environmental awareness-raising campaign, tree planting activities, and leadership development training that aims to advocate for environmental…
APDHA calls to vote on 19J to avoid human rights setbacks
The Spanish Human Rights Association for Human Rights in Andalusia (APDHA) says that “we are living in times in which rights that we thought were already consolidated are being questioned”. It affirms that the balance could tip towards the most…
Final spurt of the official EU initiative for Basic Income
Until 25.06.2022, all EU citizens can sign online for an Unconditional Basic Income (www.sign.eci-ubi.eu) UBI. The citizens’ initiative of all 27 EU countries is an invitation to the European Commission to become active and to develop proposals for unconditional basic…
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