Human Rights
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…
Patricia Simón: “We should strengthen collaboration between media and activists to bring the Assange case back into the limelight, in view of his imminent extradition”.
The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide has risen to a new record high, with a total of 533 journalists imprisoned worldwide, according to the 2022 annual report by Reporters Without Borders. A figure that reflects, on the one hand, the…
Memorial Day Shooting: gun deaths in US rising awfully
Gun violence has once again afflicted the US in several states. More than 17 people were gunned down and dozens injured in a spate during Memorial Day weekend. Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, and New Mexico were among the eight cities where…
BAN Toxics calls for a meaningful plastics treaty to cut plastic pollution in Philippines
“As countries negotiate the second round of international negotiations (INC-2) in Paris, France this week, we forward our calls to global leaders to demand a binding treaty for plastic reduction, global transparency, and uphold the rights and environmental justice of…
Prejudices and stereotypes
The thoughtless repetition of stereotypes builds walls and condemns without proof. It is preoccupying to observe the dissemination of discriminatory concepts, whose background indicates how much easier it is to avoid the work of analysis than to elaborate an easy…
The impossible experience of other people’s pain
I have noticed the angry reaction of many people to the invitation that Fundación Futuro (linked to Sebastián Piñera’s family) made to an event offering to go wine tasting at Viña Concha y Toro and then go on to visit…
Finance’s role in the disappearance of an indigenous people in Paraguay
In 2022, an isolated indigenous group disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon. With the death of one man, the last member of an isolated tribe, an entire culture can disappear. But this disappearance did not happen on the spur of the…
Meeting of Runasur at the III World Forum on Human Rights 2023
Under the slogan “Uniting peoples towards a Plurinational America”, a new RUNASUR Meeting was held at the Casa Nuestros Hijos, la Vida y la Esperanza de Madres de Plaza de Mayo – Línea Fundadora (ex-ESMA). The activity began with a…
Seoul Hosts March to Commemorate 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On Sunday, March 19, 2023, Seoul city witnessed a march organized by local human rights advocacy organizations to commemorate the 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event was attended by various groups, including migrants and refugee…
“[The guard] was young, probably about the same age as my detention.” On the birthday of Ilhan Sami Çomak
For twenty-nine years, a poet has his birthday in prison. Ilhan Sami Çomak, who was incarcerated in 1994, had an open visitation on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. His attorney brought messages from people around the world to the…
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