Human Rights
Trump versus International Liberalism: Should We Care?
Visitors: 352 Prof Richard Falk, PhD The pre-Trump establishment is anxiously discussing among themselves such questions as ‘is this the end game of liberalism’ and ‘how best to revive liberalism under present conditions?’ The contrary question I pose is the one assumed by the Washington/New York elites, that is, whether liberalism in its present and […]
Trump versus International Liberalism: Should We Care?
Visitors: 362 Prof Richard Falk, PhD The pre-Trump establishment is anxiously discussing among themselves such questions as ‘is this the end game of liberalism’ and ‘how best to revive liberalism under present conditions?’ The contrary question I pose is the one assumed by the Washington/New York elites, that is, whether liberalism in its present and […]
Mr. Chandu Agarwal and Fr. Dr. C.P Anto conferred Rotary National Peace Award 2017
Visitors: 421 Two prominent philanthropists and social activists who have been serving the people in the society for their upliftment, education and welfare activities were conferred Rotary National Peace Award at the hands of RTN Paul Netzel ( Trustee Chair Elect, The Rotary Foundation) on the occasion of International Understanding and Peace Symposium (IUPS) […]
Mr. Chandu Agarwal and Fr. Dr. C.P Anto conferred Rotary National Peace Award 2017
Visitors: 366 Two prominent philanthropists and social activists who have been serving the people in the society for their upliftment, education and welfare activities were conferred Rotary National Peace Award at the hands of RTN Paul Netzel ( Trustee Chair Elect, The Rotary Foundation) on the occasion of International Understanding and Peace Symposium (IUPS) […]
YEMEN: EFFECTIVE HUMANITARIAN AID DEPENDS ON A PEACE ACCORD
Visitors: 216 Rene Wadlow The United Nations (UN) together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland which have often led humanitarian issues in the UN system held a high-level pledging conference in Geneva on April 25, 2017 to again draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, currently the largest food security emergency […]
YEMEN: EFFECTIVE HUMANITARIAN AID DEPENDS ON A PEACE ACCORD
Visitors: 342 Rene Wadlow The United Nations (UN) together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland which have often led humanitarian issues in the UN system held a high-level pledging conference in Geneva on April 25, 2017 to again draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, currently the largest food security emergency […]
Indigenous Peoples – Best Allies or Worst Enemies?
Visitors: 211 Baher Kamal It all happened on the very same day—4 April. That day, indigenous peoples were simultaneously characterised as fundamental allies in the world’s war on hunger and poverty, while being declared as collective victims of a “tsunami” of imprisonments in Australia. See what happened. Australia must reduce the “astounding” rates of imprisonment […]
Indigenous Peoples – Best Allies or Worst Enemies?
Visitors: 376 Baher Kamal It all happened on the very same day—4 April. That day, indigenous peoples were simultaneously characterised as fundamental allies in the world’s war on hunger and poverty, while being declared as collective victims of a “tsunami” of imprisonments in Australia. See what happened. Australia must reduce the “astounding” rates of imprisonment […]
International Collaboration to End Violence
Visitors: 276 Robert J. Burrowes While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a global network of individuals and organizations is committed to ending this violence in all of its manifestations. With individual signatories in […]
International Collaboration to End Violence
Visitors: 238 Robert J. Burrowes While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a global network of individuals and organizations is committed to ending this violence in all of its manifestations. With individual signatories in […]
Tillerson Threatens Iran: 'The Great Destabilizer'?
Visitors: 276 (RPI) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday accused Iran of sending troops to fight in Syria and of destabilizing the region. He did not mention that Iranian troops were invited into the country while US troops are in Syria illegally. Tillerson condemned Iran as a leading human rights abuser while praising Saudi Arabia […]
Tillerson Threatens Iran: 'The Great Destabilizer'?
Visitors: 253 (RPI) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday accused Iran of sending troops to fight in Syria and of destabilizing the region. He did not mention that Iranian troops were invited into the country while US troops are in Syria illegally. Tillerson condemned Iran as a leading human rights abuser while praising Saudi Arabia […]
From Destruction of Wombs to Liberators of Muslim Women: Politics of Hindutva
Visitors: 263 [themify_box] Irfan Engineer Director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism [/themify_box] Heightened media coverage on the issue of triple talaq along with the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath is causing harm to the struggle for gender justice within the Muslim community. Media […]
From Destruction of Wombs to Liberators of Muslim Women: Politics of Hindutva
Visitors: 258 [themify_box] Irfan Engineer Director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism [/themify_box] Heightened media coverage on the issue of triple talaq along with the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath is causing harm to the struggle for gender justice within the Muslim community. Media […]
Minorities and dissenters under intimidation and deep stress in South Asia
Visitors: 299 Vidya Bhushan Rawat ‘If you are black or you are brown or you are gay or you are lesbian or you are Trans or you are Introvert , Anyone that is treating you unkindly , It’s only because they are afraid or they have been taught to be afraid of how important you […]
Democratic World Federalists and THE SAN FRANCISCO PROMISE
Visitors: 386 Roger Kotila PhD SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2017 – Democratic World Federalists need your help. The goal is to persuade the United Nations General Assembly to take a critical look at the aging and fundamentally flawed UN Charter in order to “upgrade the global operating system” to “UN 2.0” as one young world […]
Kashmir need a healing touch today
Visitors: 332 Vidya Bhushan Rawat What is the meaning of victory of Farooq Abdullah from the Srinagar constituency where not even 7% votes polled. In many of the booths merely 2% votes were polled. I know there are past precedences of such a situation in at least three Indian states when people boycotted and government […]
MIT Rocket Scientist Questions White House Claims On Syria Chemical Attack
Visitors: 276 [themify_box] Robert J. Barsocchini is an independent researcher and reporter whose interest in propaganda and global force dynamics arose from working as a cross-cultural intermediary for large corporations in the US film and Television industry. His work has been cited, published, or followed by numerous professors, economists, lawyers, military and intelligence veterans, and […]
Turkey: acquittal in OdaTV case welcome but scores of journalists still detained
Visitors: 258 12 April 2017, PEN International welcomes today’s acquittal of all defendants in the OdaTV case and calls on the Turkish authorities to immediately release all those held in prison for exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and expression, and to end the prosecutions and detention of journalists simply on the basis of […]
Syria: Chemical Weapon Use, Destruction of Children, The Ethical Vacuum
Visitors: 233 [themify_quote] The defense of those using their conscience to uphold humanitarian international law. The Association of World Citizens calls for the re-affirmation of humanitarian international law. It is a call to the soldiers and militia members in armed conflicts to refuse orders to violate humanitarian international law by refusing to use weapons outlawed […]
After Trump’s Syria Attack, What Comes Next?
Visitors: 586 (RPI) Thursday’s US missile attack on Syria must represent the quickest foreign policy U-turn in history. Less than a week after the White House gave Assad permission to stay on as president of his own country, President Trump decided that the US had to attack Syria and demand Assad’s ouster after a chemical […]
India’s Pluralism under Siege
Visitors: 284 Dr Moin Qazi [themify_quote]“The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant ‘identity’ (‘this is your duty as an American’, ‘you must commit these acts as a Muslim’, or ‘as a Chinese you should give priority to this national engagement’) is not only an imposition of an external and arbitrary priority, […]
A Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Is in the Making
Visitors: 263 Amb. Sergio Duarte 10 Apr 2017 – The nine possessors of nuclear weapons and most of their allies chose to ignore the negotiations on a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. This unprecedented initiative resulted from a proposal by South Africa, Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and Nigeria […]