Press Releases

Should female Muslim students in India be allowed to wear hijabs to school?

The ban on wearing the hijab imposed by a school for girls in the city of Udupi has become a flashpoint over religious minority rights. The conflict began in September at a college preparatory institution for girls in Udupi, a…

Indian farmers decry plan to promote Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF): a ploy to increase fertilizer prices

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, SKM All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha, AIKMS Press Statement 11 February, 2022   Reject Zero Budget Natural Farming as a ploy to increase fertilizer prices. Punish BJP for increasing input costs to help Corporates and MNCs, reducing…

Fight against environmental degradation prevails

A Statement by the Save Zambales Kalikasan Movement Ever Onwards to Victory and Justice Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed. ― Mahatma Gandhi To our dear kailyans, kabagis, kakabsats, fellow Zambaleños, after 11…

NATO – Ukraine – Russia conflict

Time and time again, humanity witnesses expectantly a threatening bid for war between countries for territory, resources, power and so on. The United States, in its eagerness to expand and consolidate its empire, in partnership with the countries that make…

Palestine: conversation on the right to water

How do you live when you have no running water in your home? Why and how is Israel drying out the Palestinians? How does the climate crisis affect access to water in the West Bank, and what does the future…

Philippine NGOs Back Elimination of Toxic Plastic Chemical Additives in the Stockholm Convention

5 February 2022, Davao City/Quezon City.  Two environmental health organizations have expressed support to a groundbreaking decision by a United Nations expert committee recommending global action against certain toxic chemical plastic additives under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants…

Marilén Cabrera, humanist, nominated as Undersecretary of National Assets for Boric’s government

Twenty men and nineteen women make up the cabinet of Undersecretaries that will form part of Gabriel Boric’s government from 11 March. The team of Undersecretaries is made up of eleven independents, eight members of Revolución Democrática, six of the…

Church group launches anew voters’ education initiative, calls for an informed choice on Election Day

Amidst many ongoing surveys, debates, and interviews of stalwarts gunning for the Philippine Presidency, the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) – an NGO with more than 230 network members across the Philippines – launches its 2022 electoral education campaign, Power…

Poverty: ignominy of humanity

In order to overcome poverty, it is necessary for all humanists in the world to unite. Since the origin of the humanist parties inspired by the current of thought of New Humanism or Universalist Humanism, also known as the Humanist…

Indian Farmers’ Alliance SKM observed Betrayal Day across Uttar Pradesh Districts

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, SKM All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha, AIKMS  31 January 2022 Hundreds of peasants and workers participated at several districts across Uttar Pradesh on the call of SKM to observe 31 January as ‘Vishwasghat Diwas’ (Betrayal Day). Protests…

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