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Open Letter to the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on the Need to Impose a Comprehensive Two-Way Arms Embargo on Israel

We, the undersigned global coalition of leaders –from civil society to academia, art, media, business, politics, indigenous and faith communities, and people of conscience around the world– call upon the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to act…

Philippine “drug war” victims ask International Criminal Court: Investigate, Prosecute Duterte

As researched and reported by Perfecto Caparas By virtue of the Rome Statute of the ICC, the global fight against impunity is now being waged by hundreds of thousands of victims of the most egregious crimes known to humankind. They…

Approval of the law of general pardon demanded by humanist feminists

In the framework of the 3rd National Meeting of Women in Politics of the Humanist Party, around 60 women militants and from social and territorial organisations gathered in the Park of Study and Reflection El Remanso, located in Sagrada Familia,…

Expropriation of ancestral territories of the Sápara nationality for oil exploitation in Pastaza (Ecuador)

The Sápara nationality, together with other organisations, requested an action for protection from the Ecuadorian state to return 70% of the expropriated territory. On 31 August 2021, the Sápara nationality located in the province of Pastaza filed an action for…

Interview with Leopoldina Fortunati

We wanted to interview Italian writer Leopoldina Fortunati, a renowned theorist and writer, Sociology academic at the University of Udine, feminist activist and member of Potere Operaio and one of the main referents of the current of autonomous feminism, as…

Why the Discovery of Natural Gas in Mozambique Has Produced Tragedies, Not Economic Promise

The rise of the al-Shabaab insurgency in the Cabo Delgado province and the “hidden debt” scandal are both linked to discovery of natural gas in Mozambique, a development that has far from benefited the people By Vijay Prashad On February…

Mozambique: Public Prosecutor Alleges Son Of Former President Accepted Bribe

The Mozambican Public Prosecutor, during its first week of hearing, has allegedly accused Armando Ndambi Guebuza, the eldest son of the former President Armando Guebuza, of accepting bribe, an amount of US$33 million (approx. €28 million). By Kester Kenn Klomegah…

No reintegration without education

Prison institutions are designed not only to serve a custodial sentence, but also for the social reintegration of the individual through different mechanisms, one of which is education. By Mariela Alejandra Martínez In reality this is a universal right, beyond…

Urgent Call for a Global Pact to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025

We, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin, through our ancestral knowledge and wisdom, have been protecting the Amazon for millennia. We have been joined in this struggle by environmental and human rights organisations and the scientific community have joined…

A letter from Khana Weaves Guledgudda

This letter from Guledagudda’s Kanaves weavers was written on the occasion of handloom day and posted on the Khanaweaves social media: “When the second wave of #COVID19 hit in May and June this year, we were suddenly in extreme distress.…

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