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Human rights violations: solidarity for Kabylia

Since Algerian « independence » in 1962, for which Kabylia nevertheless invested body and soul by consenting to immense sacrifices, believing it would find its happiness like that of the other peoples that make up Algeria, Kabylia has had nothing…

China’s experience in combating desertification leads to global green development, says UN official

With the commitment to promote green development through the Belt and Road cooperation, China’s experience in combating desertification contributes to global green development, said UNCCD programme officer Jia Xiaoxia. Jia said China has made scientific breakthroughs in desertification control in…

Politics, an adult thing?

Since childhood we have been kept on the sidelines of our destiny. At some point in our lives, we were convinced of the advantages of abstaining from political participation. In fact, our societies, and many around the world, have kept…

Laura Rodríguez Riccomini Room in the Chilean Congress

With the participation of the President of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, Vlado Mirosevic, the Laura Rodríguez Riccomini Room was inaugurated today inside the National Congress building. The steps leading to this initiative were led by Deputy Tomás Hirsch, who…

“Human rights are neither a luxury nor a privilege”: Annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The annual report on the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva and New York and in the field between 1 July 2022 and 1 March 2023 was released at the…

Simultaneous social and personal transformation, historical view of violence, The Counterculture of violence = The Culture of Nonviolence = The Culture of Consciousness

Intervention by Philippe Moal (Observatory of Nonviolence) Good afternoon, everyone, I would like to thank Multimages, the organisers of the Book Festival for Peace and Nonviolence and its participants, as well as the guests with whom I am sharing this…

Speech by the humanist Deputy Tomás Hirsch at the inauguration of the Laura Rodríguez room in the Chilean Congress

We publish here the words pronounced by the humanist Deputy Tomás Hirsch on the occasion of the inauguration of the room in the National Congress that bears the name of Laura Rodríguez Riccomini: “Dear friends. Thank you for being here…

Deconstructing the myth of violence. An investigation of the effectiveness of civil resistance

At a time when not only has war returned even to Europe, but bellicism – that is, the ideology of war – has taken on an unprecedented media and political centrality in our country’s [i.e. Italy’s] republican history, the Italian…

Tunisia: repression of press freedom

Tunisia: UN human rights chief requests authorities to stop restricting press freedom and criminalising independent journalism By: UN News. On Friday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern over increasing restrictions on the right to…

5th Maghreb Social Forum on migration takes place in Nador, Morocco

From the 23rd to the 25th of June the fifth Maghrebi Social Forum on migration is taking place in the city of Nador under the slogan “Never again Chinatown. For a Maghreb free of all hatred, xenophobia and racism”. The…

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